Researchers at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found that using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the US Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
The economics work best in regions where the water is not as deep and the wind is strong, according to their findings, revealed in the article “Potential for large-scale deployment of offshore wind-to-hydrogen systems in the United States” , which appears in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series.