The University of Strathclyde is leading a new project to investigate the potential of utilising offshore wind and marine energy to produce fuels for use in heating, energy storage and difficult to decarbonise transport applications.
By 2030, the UK aims to generate enough wind energy for every home. The Ocean-REFuel project at @UniStrathclyde has been awarded £10 mil to explore ways of harnessing offshore wind and marine renewable energy for zero carbon fuels.
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Ocean REFuel will produce a Blueprint for the first integrated Ocean Renewable Fuel production facility. It will provide quantified solutions for flexible Ocean Renewable Energy Fuels strategies to decarbonise different sectors,
The UK government has the ambition for offshore wind to produce enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, but there remains extremely large ocean energy potential which can never be fully utilised by the electricity network
renewable heat and the decarbonisation of transport through the provision of high energy density fuels that can be efficiently stored predominantly utilising existing storage and distribution infrastructure.
Ocean REFuel will build upon the hugely successful offshore wind developments of the past two decades to accelerate the development and unlock the potential of converting ocean energy into new energy vectors directly addressing challenges associated with energy storage,
Ocean REFuel will be holding a conference for stakeholders on Wednesday 13th September at Imperial College London.
The event will be held in person and online.
For any queries please email: [email protected]
Ocean REFuel will be holding a conference for stakeholders on Wednesday 29th March at Nottingham University.
The event will be held in person and online.
For any queries please email: [email protected]
The University of Strathclyde is leading a new project to investigate the potential of utilising offshore wind and marine energy to produce fuels for use in heating, energy storage and difficult to decarbonise transport applications.
The project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), industrial partners and the partner universities who have also pledged nine PhD studentships.
An innovative £10m research project will investigate the potential of harnessing offshore wind and marine renewable energy to produce zero carbon hydrogen and ammonia fuels @oceanrefuel https://t.co/4iLRzhzAur