Deep Purple pilot project
The project will offer stable power to off-grid consumers like offshore installations and remote islands, with hydrogen stored as a high-capacity battery and re-electrified.
Deep Purple will use offshore wind energy to produce hydrogen from seawater, with the hydrogen stored subsea for later use to provide renewable energy on-demand. Deep Purple builds on proven technologies to deliver stable, renewable, and scalable energy in the ocean space.
A physical land-based pilot is built and will undergo testing at Kongsberg, close to TechnipFMC’s Norwegian headquarter. The pilot includes an electrolyser, hydrogen storage, fuel cells and energy control system.
Milestones
2023, January: Official opening of Deep Purple
2021, January Received Euro 9,635 million grant from Innovation Norway
Background
The project was intiated at The Norwegian Research Council idea lab in june 2016. In January 2018 the project was granted NOK 12,5 million from the Research Council of Norway
Project Partners
TechnipFMC is leading the project. Ocean Hyway Cluster is one of the partners, alongside Vattenfall, Repsol, Slåttland, NEL, ABB, UMOE Advanced Composites, DNV, Sintef, USN, GCE Technology and Energy Valley.
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