Patent ID: 11958575
Assignee: STENA POWER & LNG SOLUTIONS AS
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 23:
24. A method for offshore production of fuel comprising:
supplying electricity to an offshore marine platform from a plurality of offshore wind turbines;
pumping seawater to a water purification unit mounted on an offshore marine platform affixed to the seabed;
utilizing the water purification unit to at least partially purifying the pumped seawater to yield purified water;
utilizing a hydrogen production unit mounted on the offshore marine platform to produce gaseous hydrogen from the purified water; and
transferring at least a portion of the hydrogen to a hydrogen floating storage unit moored adjacent the marine platform;
supplying liquefied natural gas to the marine platform;
gasifying the liquefied natural gas supplied to the marine platform to produce gaseous natural gas; and
blending the gaseous natural gas with at least a portion of the hydrogen produced on the marine platform to produce a blended fuel,
wherein the electricity from the offshore wind turbines is utilized at least by the hydrogen production unit to produce gaseous hydrogen.