Dutch engineering company H2SEA, in cooperation with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has performed an assessment of monopile-based support structures for hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbines.
H2SEA says that one of the main questions was if decentral hydrogen production on a monopile-based support structure of an offshore wind turbine would be structurally feasible.
The goal was also to define the differences in support structure geometry and assess the changes in the design methodology of an offshore wind turbine support structure, including a decentralised hydrogen production platform.
The assessment was based on a 15 MW reference turbine in a water depth of 45 metres in the F3 sector of the North Sea.
To obtain platform mass, dimensions, and rotational inertia, H2SEA and TU Delft selected and listed all required systems, and made an optimised platform layout and…
