Floating wind and green hydrogen - fostering future Scottish-French research and development collaboration: report

This report sets out the findings of a study undertaken for the Scottish Government which aimed to review the opportunities for Scottish and French organisations to work together to deliver collaborative innovation in floating wind and hydrogen.


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28 ERM, “ERM gets go ahead to develop green hydrogen at scale from offshore wind,” ERM, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.erm.com/news/erm-gets-go-ahead-to-develop-green-hydrogen-at-scale-from-offshore-wind/. [Accessed 21 March 2021].

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33 Afhypac, “Developing Hydrogen for the French Economy,” Afhypac, Paris, 2020.

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Contact

Email: Alice.candy@gov.scot

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