In the H2Mare flagship project, four Hereon institutes are researching the production of green hydrogen and secondary products for storing energy on the high seas
H2Mare is one of three hydrogen flagship projects, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with a total of up to 740 million euros. In H2Mare, the production of green hydrogen and a range of different secondary products with offshore wind power, will be investigated together with around 32 partners from science and industry, over the four year lifetime of the project. With four of its institutes, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon supports technology development for sustainable and environmentally friendly energy production and its conversion to secondary products.
The offshore production of hydrogen and other PtX-products is considered one of the future technologies for the energy transition and may also help to reduce dependence on energy imports. There are, however, many open questions and challenges that need to be resolved before this can become reality. These relate, among other things, to the environmental impact, operation and sustainability of the platform, costs and economic viability, and social acceptance. Four different Hereon institutes are helping to answer these questions over the course of the project: the Institute of Membrane Research, the Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry, the Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, and the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS). (Source: Hereon Press Release)
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