Innovative Technology
Dolphyn is a world leading patented process technology. It uniquely builds on the most advanced technologies from the floating offshore wind and hydrogen sectors. The production of offshore green hydrogen. A desalination unit first removes salts and other impurities from the seawater before it goes into the electrolyser. Wind power from the turbine generates the electricity to power the electrolyser, splitting the water molecule to produce hydrogen and oxygen. This all takes places on top of a moored floating offshore sub-structure and without need for an electrical connection to shore. This means the platforms can be used in deep waters, where wind is at its most plentiful.
Dolphyn was born from a common understanding that we need to move quickly to support global energy transition and the green hydrogen economy.
Over the last 5 years of development, we have confirmed that the Dolphyn process provides an optimum solution for safe, scalable, and affordable offshore ultra low-carbon green hydrogen production.
Lowest cost of hydrogen production from offshore wind
Scalable and without need for electrical grid connection
The design has been taken to Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage and we have confirmed that the scalable Dolphyn solution will provide the lowest cost of hydrogen production for offshore wind.
The work completed to date has developed and de-risked the design and Dolphyn is now looking to deploy a first phase commercial scale project including a demonstrator unit.
A range of technologies and system layouts have been assessed, which has led to the selection of the de-centralised semi-submersible Dolphyn design.
From long distances offshore, the transport of hydrogen to shore is less expensive than electricity and the hydrogen pipeline itself also provides storage capacity.
It is important to us that safety is at the core of everything we do. From day one, Dolphyn has been focused on a structured approach to reducing risk and making Dolphyn inherently safe.
Our Design for Safety
Philosophy
Hydrogen has over a century of common use in the chemical and oil and gas industries, with both private companies and regulators having significant experience of ensuring safe operation. Safety should however never be taken for granted and in all aspects of Dolphyn safety is at the very centre of our thinking. Our engineering team has many years of technical risk and safety experience gained from the energy and process industries, where zero-risk tolerance is the norm.
We all share a strong safety culture built around shared values, processes, and approaches. From initial concepts, through the evolution of the engineering design for Dolphyn, the philosophy of “Designing for Safety” has been embedded into everything we have done. This will continue through Construction, Operation and Maintenance, and we will demand the same standards and approaches from all partners, advisors and sub-contractors that we work with.
We will always work collaboratively and tirelessly to embed continual safety improvements in line with the ethos of the UK HSE’s world leading safety regulations. In all aspects of our design process and operation, we will continue to share learnings, prioritise risk elimination and safety excellence, and seek appropriate safety certification.
Our safety ambition is to be acknowledged as the exemplar of safety in the hydrogen generation sector, and to be known for transparent, respectful and responsive communications on safety with all stakeholders, communities and members of the public.