日本和阿聯(lián)酋將展開(kāi)氫技術(shù)與供應(yīng)鏈合作

據(jù)路透社4月8日東京報(bào)道，日本工業(yè)部周四表示，日本和阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)同意在氫生產(chǎn)技術(shù)上展開(kāi)合作，并建立一個(gè)國(guó)際供應(yīng)鏈。

這項(xiàng)合作以石油生產(chǎn)國(guó)阿聯(lián)酋與能源進(jìn)口國(guó)日本之間的合作備忘錄為標(biāo)志，反映出對(duì)投資氫能源的熱情日益高漲，這為幫助應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化提供了潛力。

去年12月，日本政府設(shè)定了一個(gè)目標(biāo)，到2030年將其氫需求從現(xiàn)在的約200萬(wàn)噸/年提高到300萬(wàn)噸/年，到2050年提高到2000萬(wàn)噸，這是到2050年實(shí)現(xiàn)碳凈零排放的綠色增長(zhǎng)戰(zhàn)略的一部分。

周四達(dá)成協(xié)議的目的是，日本能夠進(jìn)口阿聯(lián)酋生產(chǎn)的氫，這種氫可能由化石燃料生產(chǎn)，但其碳排放會(huì)被捕集并用于工業(yè)。

兩國(guó)還將合作促進(jìn)阿聯(lián)酋的氫需求。

氫主要從天然氣或煤炭生產(chǎn)中提取，長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)一直用于從火箭燃料到制造肥料的各種應(yīng)用中。

但隨著各國(guó)政府尋求解決氣候變化問(wèn)題，其目標(biāo)是轉(zhuǎn)向使用可再生能源生產(chǎn)的無(wú)排放綠色氫，并擴(kuò)大其用途，包括在工業(yè)過(guò)程中取代化石燃料能源，并將其用作交通燃料。但在成本和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施方面仍存在許多障礙。

裘寅 編譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Japan, UAE to collaborate on hydrogen technology, supply chain

Japan and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday agreed to work together on technology to produce hydrogen and create an international supply chain, Japan’s industry ministry said.

The collaboration, marked by a memorandum of cooperation between the oil-producing UAE and energy-importer Japan, reflects mounting enthusiasm for investment in hydrogen, which offers potential to help fight climate change.

Japan’s government set a goal in December to boost its annual hydrogen demand to 3 million tonnes by 2030, from about 2 million tonnes now, and to 20 million tonnes by 2050, as part of a green growth strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The aim of Thursday’s agreement is that Japan should be able to import hydrogen produced in the UAE, which may be produced from fossil fuel but whose emissions are captured and used in industry.

The two countries will also cooperate to boost hydrogen demand in the UAE.

Hydrogen, mostly extracted from natural gas or coal production, has long been used in applications ranging from rocket fuel to making fertilisers.

But as goverments seek to address climate change, the goal is to shift to emissions-free green hydrogen produced using renewable power and to broaden its use to include replacing fossil fuel energy in industrial processes and using it as transport fuel. But there are still many hurdles involving cost and infrastructure.