據(jù)能源世界網(wǎng)5月13日報道，澳大利亞能源部長安格斯·泰勒(Angus Taylor)周四表示，澳大利亞將電廠的綠色氫和氨視為近期發(fā)展清潔氫工業(yè)的最大機遇，以減少碳排放。

　　泰勒稱，澳大利亞的國家氫戰(zhàn)略的目標是到2030年將其列為亞洲地區(qū)的三大氫出口國之一。在短期內(nèi)，綠色氨提供了最快的途徑。

　　泰勒在接受《路透社活動：2021年氫能》會議采訪時表示，我們認為擴大產(chǎn)業(yè)規(guī)模，尤其是在像澳大利亞這樣的小市場上，同時兼顧國內(nèi)機會和出口機會，至關重要。但實際上，我們看到的真正直接的機會是向現(xiàn)有的發(fā)電機提供氫氣和氨氣。這是一個非常非常大的早期機會。

　　綠色氨將由可再生能源為電解器提供動力以分解水而產(chǎn)生的氫產(chǎn)生。

　　澳大利亞可再生能源署（Australian Renewable Energy Agency）本月向挪威的亞拉國際公司（Yara International SA）和法國的恩吉公司（Engie SA）提供了4250萬澳元的贈款，用于建造一座生產(chǎn)綠色氨的可再生氫工廠，這是迄今為止該機構(gòu)在綠色氨方面最大的一筆賭注。

　　Yara表示，該廠將于2023年建成，屆時將配備10兆瓦的電解槽，成為世界上第一個工業(yè)規(guī)模的可再生氫生產(chǎn)工廠。

　　澳大利亞推行綠色氨之際，日本計劃到2030年每年使用300萬噸氨，以幫助減少燃煤發(fā)電廠的碳排放。

　　在國內(nèi)方面，周二公布的2021-22年度預算撥款2500萬澳元，用于幫助新的燃氣發(fā)電機做好氫氣發(fā)電的準備，并撥款3000萬澳元，用于礦業(yè)億萬富翁安德魯?福里斯特(Andrew Forrest)計劃建設的一座燃氣電廠，該電廠也將可轉(zhuǎn)換為氫氣。

　　泰勒稱，無論是將氨用于現(xiàn)有的燃煤發(fā)電機，還是將氫氣用于現(xiàn)有的燃氣發(fā)電機，這就是我所看到的行業(yè)發(fā)展的方式，這是我們現(xiàn)在正在努力的一個非常重要的途徑。

　　郝芬 譯自 能源世界網(wǎng)

　　原文如下：

　　Australia chases green ammonia for power in near-term hydrogen push

　　Australia sees green hydrogen and ammonia for power plants as the biggest near term opportunity for developing a clean hydrogen industry in the drive to cut carbon emissions, Energy Minister Angus Taylor said on Thursday.

　　Australia's national hydrogen strategy aims to place it among the top three hydrogen exporters to the Asian region by 2030. In the near term, green ammonia offers the quickest path, Taylor said.

　　"We think scaling up industry, particularly in a small market like Australia, combining both domestic opportunity and export opportunities is absolutely crucial," Taylor said in an interview for the Reuters Events: Hydrogen 2021 conference.

　　"But actually the really immediate opportunity we see is feeding hydrogen and ammonia into existing generators. This is a very, very big early opportunity."

　　Green ammonia would be produced from hydrogen made from renewable energy powering electrolysers to split water.

　　In its biggest bet so far on green ammonia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency this month awarded a A$42.5 million grant to Norway's Yara International SA and France's Engie SA to build a renewable hydrogen plant to make green ammonia.

　　Due to be completed in 2023 with a 10 megawatt (MW) electrolyser, the plant would be one of the world's first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen production operations, Yara said.

　　Australia's green ammonia push comes as Japan aims to use 3 million tonnes of ammonia each year by 2030, to help cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

　　On the domestic front, the 2021-22 budget released on Tuesday, allocates A$25 million to help new gas-fired generators become ready to run on hydrogen, and A$30 million for a gas-fired plant planned by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, which will also be convertible to hydrogen.

　　"Whether it's ammonia into existing coal-fired generators or hydrogen into existing gas generators, which is the way I see the industry moving, this is a really important pathway we are working with now," Taylor said.