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FEATURE FLOATING POWER BARGES well as ef? cient gas turbines that deliver 10 MW to 300 MW. explosion protection, must be designed … The independent

It’s about “low-cost energy production” and “independence certi? cation body TÜV SÜD issues certi? cates for H2 readi- from gas suppliers”, both super-topical in November 2022. ness in a power plant’s design phase,” he says.

MAN gas turbines of from 6 MW to 13 MW offer gas-? red So, there’s a FGPP’s readiness to take on hydrogen as a fuel. power generation fed from centrifugal pumps transferring There’s also a hydrogen supply chain, including bunkering for

LNG to a vaporizer “injecting” natural gas. Condensing tur- and by vessels that’ll service ? oating hydrogen power plants. bines or steam turbines offer the ability to produce electricity Hydrogen supplier networks, some only in name, have mush- from a variety of energy feedstocks, where turbines are ei- roomed across Europe in imitation of the Boston medical ther “backpressure” or “saturated” types in modules meant to cluster (much lauded in these parts). Norway alone has sev- work with some of the types of innovations we’ve obliquely eral “zero-emission supply chains”. “Centers of excellence” referred to. The MAN steam turbines target combined heat address energy transition strategies, and hydrogen “learning” and power; biomass production and burning; steam from is on the agenda all across the Continent. concentrated solar power; geothermal energy (the Icelandic Still, Class informed the Norwegian Arena Ocean Hyway government is an Ocean GeoLoop partner); waste-to-energy Cluster that “there are uncertainties” in H2 infrastructure. and regeneration in energy storage. The MAN steam turbine From handling to the production of compressed hydrogen, power-generation portfolio — turbines like the new, “urban liquid hydrogen and ammonia.

and industrial” MGT6000 — covers the range up to 180 MW, or the equivalent of a medium-sized hydropower dam. Water-to-Fuel

It’s in the Far East, however, where a certain hydrogen PP

Hydrogen PP offers clarity on the future path of “? oating HPPs”.

In the most technologically advanced states, especially in September 2022 saw Keppel Energy decide to build a $526

Northern Europe, “green, blue and pink” hydrogen are touted million, 600 MW advanced PP based on a combined-cycle gas as the future, and gas plant that can burn gas now and hydro- turbine. Mitsubishi will engineer and build the Keppel Sakdra gen later is seen as the right backstop. Cogen plant as “the ? rst hydrogen-ready power plant in Sin- “With our H2-ready concept, we can con? rm we are in the gapore”, a communique heralds. “Running initially on natural planning phase for new power plants suitable for future use gas as primary fuel, the (plant)) is also designed to operate on with hydrogen,” Zissis says. “As a turbine manufacturer, we fuels with 30-percent (H2) content and has the capability of ensure the burners and combustion chambers are designed for shifting to run entirely on (H2). Starting in 2026, its produced

H2, as this has different combustion properties than natural steam will bolster industry energy and chemicals customers gas. In addition, other auxiliary systems, such as piping and on Jurong Island.

Point of capture: a graphical drawing showing the theoretical layout of CCS and CCSU capture tech.

Illustration: Ocean GeoLoop 40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2022

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