據(jù)Emerging Risks4月13日?qǐng)?bào)道，大阪燃?xì)夤緦榘拇罄麃唭?nèi)陸一個(gè)110億美元的綠色氫氣項(xiàng)目提供技術(shù)支持，并將考慮未來(lái)的潛在投資。

耗資107.5億美元的Desert Bloom 制氫項(xiàng)目。在新加坡Sanguine lmact投資集團(tuán)的支持下，該項(xiàng)目將使用一種獨(dú)特的技術(shù)從空氣中吸取水分，并利用太陽(yáng)能將水分解，在北領(lǐng)地的沙漠中制造綠色氫——可再生能源產(chǎn)生的氫。

去年12月，澳大利亞北領(lǐng)地政府授予該項(xiàng)目“重大項(xiàng)目”地位，使其進(jìn)入了獲得批準(zhǔn)的快速通道。

大阪燃?xì)夤疽淹鈪⑴c項(xiàng)目管理，為該項(xiàng)目提供工程和技術(shù)支持。該項(xiàng)目開(kāi)發(fā)商Aqua Aerem表示，該公司負(fù)責(zé)管理氫氣銷售，并與設(shè)備制造商進(jìn)行談判。

這家日本公用事業(yè)公司的一名發(fā)言人表示“我們未來(lái)可能會(huì)投資這個(gè)項(xiàng)目，但目前還沒(méi)有具體的投資計(jì)劃”，并補(bǔ)充稱，該公司將利用其在天然氣生產(chǎn)和氫相關(guān)業(yè)務(wù)方面的專業(yè)知識(shí)，提供技術(shù)支持。

她說(shuō):“我們也希望通過(guò)參與這個(gè)項(xiàng)目，獲得有關(guān)氫開(kāi)發(fā)的新知識(shí)。”

如果按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行，該項(xiàng)目可能成為澳大利亞第一個(gè)綠色氫燃料生產(chǎn)商，計(jì)劃于2023年啟動(dòng)，而其他許多項(xiàng)目仍在進(jìn)行可行性研究。

Desert Bloom項(xiàng)目將從小型開(kāi)始，使用Aqua Aerem公司的2兆瓦生產(chǎn)單元，該公司表示，這些單元可以從空氣中產(chǎn)生水，并產(chǎn)生熱量、可再生電力和綠色氫。

該公司在去年12月表示，最初的工作將耗資10億澳元(約合7.43億美元)，每天將生產(chǎn)1000千克的氫燃料，相當(dāng)于該項(xiàng)目第一階段目標(biāo)的2%。

為了實(shí)現(xiàn)每年41萬(wàn)噸供當(dāng)?shù)厥褂煤统隹诘臍涞哪繕?biāo)，最終該項(xiàng)目將擴(kuò)大到4000個(gè)模塊化單元，從而降低生產(chǎn)成本。

Aqua Aerem主席David Green在一份聲明中說(shuō)，Desert Bloom項(xiàng)目將以國(guó)際客戶愿意支付的出口價(jià)格生產(chǎn)綠色氫——五年內(nèi)每千克不到2美元。 

季廷偉 摘譯自 Emerging Risks

原文如下：

Japan's Osaka Gas backs $11 billion Australian green hydrogen project

Osaka Gas Co will provide technical support for an $11 billion green hydrogen project in the Australian outback and will consider potential investment in future

The $10.75 billion Desert Bloom Hydrogen project. backed by Singapore-based Sanguine lmpact Investment Group, will use a unique technology to suck water out of the air and solar power to split the water to make green hydrogen - hydrogen generated by renewable energy - in the Northern Territory's desert.

The Northern Territory government awarded the project "major project" status in December, putting it on a fast track for obtaining approvals.

Osaka Gas has agreed to contribute project management. engineering and technica support for the project. manage hydrogen sales and negotiate with equipment manufacturers, the project's developer, Aqua Aerem, said.

“We may invest in the project in the future, but there is no concrete investment plan from our end now," a spokesperson at the Japanese utility said, adding it will provide technical support by leveraging its expertise in gas production and hydrogen-related businesses.

“We also hope to gain new knowledge about hydrogen development through our participation in this project," she said

If it goes ahead as planned, the project could be the first producer of green hydrogen in Australia, planning to start up in2023, while a raft of other projects are still running feasibility studies.

Desert Bloom will start small, using Aqua Aerem's 2 megawatt production units, which the company says can generate water from the air, and produce heat, renewable electricity and green hydrogen.

The initial work, which the company said in December would cost A$1 billion ($743 million), will produce 1.000 kg/day of hydrogen, or 2% of the project's full stage 1 target.

Eventually. to get to its target of 410.000 tonnes a year of hydrogen for local use and exports, the project will scale up to4,000 modular units, driving down production costs.

Desert Bloom will be on track to produce green hydrogen at an export price international customers want to pay - less than $2/kg within five years," Aqua Aerem chairman David Green said in a statement.