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Synergies in offshore wind and oil industry for carbon capture and utilization
Author(s) -
Gondal Irfan Ahmad,
Masood Syed Athar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
greenhouse gases: science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2152-3878
DOI - 10.1002/ghg.1921
Subject(s) - offshore wind power , environmental science , greenhouse gas , submarine pipeline , wind power , renewable energy , pipeline transport , fossil fuel , environmental engineering , carbon capture and storage (timeline) , natural resource economics , climate change , oceanography , waste management , engineering , geology , electrical engineering , economics
The concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)s and specifically CO 2 continue to rise in the global environment including the atmosphere and the oceans. Oil and gas exploration in oceans and the increased probability of CO 2 being destined for ocean storage have made the oceans much vulnerable to acidification and hence detrimental to the entire marine ecosystem. Offshore wind energy, along with other renewables, have the potential to lower the rate of CO 2 absorption in the global eco system. Distant offshore wind farms are faced with the problem of dispatch of surplus wind power. Power‐to‐gas technology can be used to convert the offshore wind power into synthetic natural gas that can be transported through the existing network of offshore gas pipelines. The novel method has the capability to significantly reduce GHG emissions, solve the power dispatch problems of offshore wind farms, as well as reduce the oceanic environmental degradation. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.