Green Hydrogen Integrated for Far Offshore Floating Wind Power Plant

Abstract:
As the proportion of far offshore renewable energy in the energy sector increases fast these years, tech-economic and energy management become more and more important in offshore wind power plant. Offshore wind power can be more expensive the onshore, however, the energy capacity is attractive and helpful for social development. Large amount costs of batteries and submarine cables are impeding the development of wind power to far offshore. Offshore green hydrogen can be a new carrier of energy with better performances in both energy storage and transmission. The energy will be transmitted to shore as green hydrogen instead of electricity. In the existing studies, the feasibility of combining offshore fixed platform wind power with green hydrogen has been widely analyzed. However, the studies of far offshore floating power plant integrated with green hydrogen are insufficient. In this context, this PhD project aims to analysis the tech-economy and improve the performance of power converters for a far offshore floating power plant integrated with green hydrogen by modelling and parameters optimization. The tech-economy will be analyzed by studying the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) to shore. The effects on LCOH of energy forms, energy transmission distances and power converters will be analyzed. The performance of power converters for hydrogen production will be improved by intelligent control methods and structure optimization. The outcomes of this project can serve as a reference of far offshore floating power plant integrated with green hydrogen.
Funding: Self-funded