Petrofac will evaluate green hydrogen development on Sakhalin Island

British energy firm Petrofac said on Wednesday it has won its first new energy-focused project in Russia through a three-year Consultancy Framework Agreement.

The company said that the agreement will focus on the early engineering phases of the first wind-to-hydrogen development on Sakhalin Island.

“The design services agreement, awarded by H4 Energy, under the management of H2Transition Capital LLP (H2TC), includes an initial screening study that started in January,” Petrofac said in a statement.

The study, the company said, will help it explore options mainly using wind energy to produce green hydrogen and other sustainable sources of energy at the site on the south-western tip of Sakhalin Island.

“Initial work will evaluate hydrogen production technology, hydrogen carriers such as liquid hydrogen and ammonia, export options, turbine sizing, electrical systems, and hazards analysis” it explained.

The company said it will look at options starting at 100 MW,  and provision for scaling up to 3GW of total installed capacity in future phases. The facility will target the production of 17,000 metric tonnes of hydrogen per year, it said.