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US 2026/0243230 A1Published application
Integrative system for centralised offshore hydrogen production in conjunction with a floating generation and storage unit
AssigneeSiemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMaximilian Keim, Carolin Weber, Thorsten Steinhoff
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for generating energy in open water, in which an offshore wind turbine is releasably connected to a marine vehicle, which includes a transformer device for converting into lower and/or higher electrical voltage, an electrolysis device for generating hydrogen, and a tank for storing the hydrogen. The invention advantageously provides for dynamic changes between the operating modes of storage and transmission, redundancy and maintainability.
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A system for generating energy using a wind turbine installation in open water, the system comprising:
- a floating production and storage unit, having a rotary bearing which cooperates with a counter bearing which is secured to a seabed, is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis at a location of the counter bearing;
- the counter bearing is electrically connected to the wind turbine installation;
- the rotary bearing and the counter bearing comprise a coupling mechanism for mutual release or attachment;
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- the rotary bearing cooperates with the counter bearing, by means of a rotatably mounted slipring, for transmission of electrical energy and/or of a fluid, in particular hydrogen from and to the floating production and storage unit.
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