Production of Green Ammonia in Isolated Marine Parks: BahíaH2 Project

Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

Abstract: Under the pressure of climate change, human society is facing a drastic reduction in greenhouse gases (GHG). With this objective, the European Commission has proposed a goal of reducing GHG emissions for 2030 of at least 55% of the emissions in 1990, maintaining the objective of neutrality in emissions for 2050. The most abundant sources of renewable energy (solar and wind) are intermittent and random, so a certain degree of accumulation is required to accommodate demand. Even if all the demand for electrical energy were covered with renewable sources and electrical storage systems, there would still remain between 53% and 68% of the energy demand (heavy land transport, sea and air transport, agriculture, industry, heat, etc.) which would require other solutions. The obvious solution is synthetic, gaseous or liquid fuels hereinafter referred to as power to fuell (PtF). The objectives of this article are: 1) to show the advantages of green ammonia as an energy vector and its suitability for its production, storage and dispatch in isolated floating offshore wind farms and 2) to present the BahíaH2 project, dedicated to studying and evaluate the proposal.