Last year was a record breaker for the UK's wind power industry.
Wind generation reached its highest ever level, at 17.2GW on 18 December, while wind power achieved its biggest share of UK energy production, at 60% on 26 August.
Yet occasionally the huge offshore wind farms pump out far more electricity than the country needs - such as during the first Covid-19 lockdown last spring when demand for electricity sagged.
But what if you could use that excess power for something else?
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The potential of hydrogen as transportable fuel and as a green source of energy sets the gas as one of the most wanted elements for the future. Hydrogen produces zero greenhouse gas emissions when burned, a very interesting alternative to fossil fuels to achieve the terms of the Paris climate agreement. For this reason, governments and companies around the world will have to produce huge amounts of hydrogen gas to supply energy demands of the future. In the UK, multiple companies such as Dolphyn, Siemens Energy or Tractebel, are now developing prototype systems using a floating wind turbines. First results are expected in 2025.
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