Northern Horizons plans clean energy exports for Scotland

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Aker Horizons' new initiative, Northern Horizons, aims to make Scotland a clean energy exporter by utilising offshore wind resources in the North Sea.

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The project was unveiled at COP26 by Aker portfolio companies Aker Offshore Wind and Aker Clean Hydrogen, and independent energy assurance provider DNV. 

By harnessing renewable energy in the North Sea, Northern Horizons aims to deliver decarbonisation targets by sending clean energy products to the mainland and exporting them to fuel-heavy industries. It will utilise floating offshore wind turbines to produce 10GW of energy to power multiple floating installations which will produce green hydrogen for onwards transmission to a net zero hydrogen refinery on Shetland.

Green hydrogen is produced when renewable energy is used to power the electrolysis of water. The refinery will produce a range of zero-carbon energy solutions for local consumption and worldwide export, including ammonia, liquid hydrogen and synthetic fuels.

According to the report, enough liquid hydrogen will be produced to power 40 per cent of the total mileage of local UK buses as well as enough synthetic fuel to make 750 round trips from the UK to New York.

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