伍德麦肯兹：绿色氢气是实现净零未来的关键

据俄罗斯油气网爱丁堡报道， 《联合国气候变化框架公约》第26次缔约方大会（COP26）将各国聚集在一起，共同制定实现净零排放的途径。

然而，全球著名能源咨询公司伍德麦肯兹（WoodMac）表示，COP26会议不应该只是讨论，能源行业希望COP26会议结束后能够交付真正的解决方案。  

每一项技术都将在全球能源系统的脱碳中发挥其作用。可再生能源，如风能和太阳能，在短期储存的支持下，近几年来已成为标准。  

绿色氢气还参与了改变人们对100%清洁能源潜力的看法。伍德麦肯兹说，这些技术将继续变得更便宜，但它们无法单独完成这项工作。绿色氢气是把可再生能源转化为每个部门解决方案的关键。  

考虑到正确的市场和政策环境，绿色氢气有潜力成为许多参加COP26会议的国家实现净零目标的关键驱动力。

各国政府已经在研究成为第一批氢能源国家的潜力。一些政府已将绿色氢气能源置于能源决策的前沿和中心; 比如英国政府承诺到2030年前提供5吉瓦的氢气生产能力。

美国加州的低碳燃料标准在美国引发了早期的势头，而政府已经将氢气作为其应对气候变化计划的一个关键因素。氢气也是阿联酋政府最近承诺在2050年前成为第一个实现净零排放的波斯湾石油国家的推动力之一。 

成本是实施的主要障碍，绿色氢气目前比化石燃料生产的氢气贵3倍。

然而，也有一些积极的例子，比如位于加州的固体氧化物燃料电池制造商Bloom能源公司，这家公司一直致力于降低全球绿色氢气燃料的成本曲线。  

伍德麦肯兹给出了能源行业类似案例的例子。在每一个案例中，政策、投资和技术创新的战略组合导致了成本的快速下降。这也加速了绿色氢气在全世界的部署。

因此，考虑到绿色氢气的接触点，它比任何其他潜在的低碳技术都能带来更多的好处。快速技术开发和商业化是发展绿色氢气经济的关键，但这只是一个方面。为了真正加快绿色氢气经济的发展，政府需要使用正确的政策杠杆来支持基础设施的发展和刺激强劲的需求。

随着全球净零排放雄心的实现，绿色氢气的潜力得到极大的提升，我们需要政策制定者制定相关法规，将供需联系起来。

绿色氢气的生产者、用户和创新者必须团结起来，在多个行业和环境中展示绿色氢气，降低成本，并说明其可扩展性的潜力。  

氢和新兴技术公司的高级研究分析师Flor Lucia De la Cruz说：目前大规模部署低碳氢气燃料的挑战包括从生产方到需求方的运输，除了弥补从供应方到需求方的缺口之外， 在这一点上，政府可以真正介入并支持大型中游基础设施的部署，比如管道，这是运输氢气最便宜的方法。

为了充分实现绿色氢气能源带来的经济和环境机遇，各方必须在创新和增强其潜力的过程中相互支持。如果各国政府齐心协力，就能建立有效的市场框架，推动信心和需求。只有这样，绿色氢气才能发挥它的潜力，在实现全球净零经济中发挥它的积极作用。  

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

原文如下：

WoodMac: Green hydrogen is key to net-zero future

Edinburgh, February 3- Neftegaz.RU. The COP26 conference brings countries together to align on a pathway to net-zero. 

However, WoodMac says it should not be only discussions, the industry needs real solutions that can be delivered once the conference has concluded.

Every technology will play its part in decarbonising global energy systems. 

Renewable generation such as wind and solar, supported by short-term storage, have become standard in recent years. 

They also participated in transforming perceptions of the potential for 100 % clean energy.

These technologies will continue getting cheaper, but they cannot get the job done alone, Woodmac says. 

Green hydrogen holds the key to transforming renewable power into solutions for every sector.

Given the right market and policy environment, green hydrogen has the potential to act as a key driver for the net-zero ambitions of many nations who participated in COP26.

Governments are already looking into the potential to become one of the 1st hydrogen-powered countries. 

Several have placed green hydrogen front and center of energy policymaking; like the UK government’s pledge to deliver 5GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030.

California’s Low-Carbon Fuel Standard has spurred early momentum in the US, and the Administration has made hydrogen a key element in its plans to fight climate change. 

Hydrogen was also one enabler of the UAE’s recent pledge to become the 1st of the Persian Gulf’s petrostates to reach net-zero by 2050.

Cost is the principal implementation barrier, green hydrogen is currently up to 3 times more expensive than hydrogen produced from fossil fuels.

However, there are some positive examples like Califonia-based manufacturer of solid oxide fuel cells Bloom Energy. 

The company has been focused on reducing the cost curve of green hydrogen around the world.

WoodMac gives examples of similar cases in the energy industry. 

In each case, a strategic mix of policies, investment and technological innovation led to rapid cost declines. 

This accelerated deployment worldwide.

Considering the touchpoints for green hydrogen, therefore, it brings more constituents together than any other potential low-carbon technology.

Rapid technology development and commercialization are crucial to growing a green hydrogen economy, but this is just one aspect.

To really accelerate the green hydrogen economy, governments need to use the right policy levers to support infrastructure development and stimulate strong demand.

With global net zero ambitions supercharging the potential of green hydrogen, we need policymakers to put in place the regulation to act as the connection between supply and demand. 

Green H2 producers, users and innovators, must come together to showcase green hydrogen in multiple industries and settings, bring costs down, and illustrate its potential for scalability.

Flor Lucia De la Cruz, senior research analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies, said:

·     Current challenges of deploying low carbon hydrogen at scale include transportation from the production side to the demand side, besides bridging the gap from the supply to demand side, here is where governments can really step in and support the deployment of large-scale midstream infrastructure such as pipelines which are the cheapest method of transporting hydrogen

To fully realise the economic and environmental opportunities presented by green hydrogen, the players must support each other as we innovate and supercharge its potential. 

If they stand together, governments will create effective market frameworks that drive confidence and demand. 

only then can green H2 live up to its potential and play its role in achieving a global net-zero economy.