In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Norwegian renewable energy supplier Statkraft has secured a lease from the Shetland Islands Council to develop its Shetland Hydrogen Project 2.
The proposed scheme is an electrolytic hydrogen to green ammonia production facility of up to 400 MW, on land adjacent to the disused Scatsta Airport, which is near the existing Sullom Voe Oil Terminal and Shetland Gas Plant.
Stakraft revealed that the green ammonia produced will be used by a wide range of industries, including as a sustainable fuel for marine shipping and to decarbonize fertilizer production, according to the report.
“The construction of schemes like Shetland Hydrogen Project 2 will allow excess renewable power that cannot be utilized by the grid to be transformed into hydrogen,” the company said.