据国际船舶管理 4月14日报道，世界上第一个为零排放船舶提供燃料的液氢燃料补给设施的创造者获得了英国政府的资助，以开发一个可以快速部署到世界各地港口的设备。
Unitrove集团旗下Unitrove Innovation公司的首席执行官Steven Lua表示，英国交通部与Connected Places Catapult公司合作，为交通研究与创新基金提供了3万英镑的资助，该基金将用于进一步开发其商业版的小型便携式设施。这有助于减少污染最严重的交通方式之一的排放。
这家总部位于莱斯特郡的清洁技术公司于去年11月在格拉斯哥举行的COP26会议上公布了这种装置。
Lua表示：“在我们迈向商业化的过程中，这项资助将有助我们进一步发展我们的液氢燃料储存设施。”“这对我们的项目是一种非常好的验证，它也为我们在减少排放方面增加合作提供了机会，而排放正在对我们的地球造成如此大的破坏。”
“我们需要整个能源行业的合作，因为没有放之四海而皆通的解决方案。我们需要采用多种可再生和清洁能源解决方案，以实现我们的净零目标，我们需要对基础设施进行真正的投资，以在未来开发实惠、可靠、可持续的能源。”
TRIG项目由英国交通部于2014年发起，旨在促进该领域的研究和创新。今年的TRIG是有史以来规模最大的，有超过50个资助项目，涵盖了不同的领域，包括海上脱碳和货运的未来发展等。
Lua表示，液态氢作为一种商业燃料，相对而言尚未被开发出来，但它在许多方面都有巨大的潜力，包括填补电动和压缩氢无法填补的空白。空中客车将为地面操作提供飞机特性、机队能源使用和氢动力飞机信息。川崎将为供应链的不同组成部分提供技术驱动，同时为选定机场的供应开发基础设施部署方案。
液态氢长期以来一直被用于安全并成功地将火箭送入太空。这项技术已经成熟，但其使用的市场还不成熟。
“我们已经看到了轻型船舶采用电池驱动或压缩气态氢动力的早期迹象，但液态氢将使我们能够服务于船运船队中更重型的部分，我们希望在这方面产生更大的影响。”
“我们还在探索包括氨、液态有机氢载体和硼氢化钠形式的固体氢等选项。然而，我们理解，目前正在优先考虑制定纯氢的国际标准和规则，这可能在长期内发挥重要作用。
“我们相信，氢将被视为一种全球商品，将像今天的天然气那样进行交易。船用燃料市场的价值估计为1200亿美元，因此，无论是在环境和社会方面，还是在经济方面，都存在巨大的机遇。”
英国议会负责交通事务的副国务卿Trudy Harrison说:“TRIG资助的创新可能是开启未来更高效、更安全的交通系统的关键。
他说：“我支持那些有创意的想法，并祝愿成功的申请人一切顺利。我期待着看到这些想法的发展，以推动我们的绿色议程，并在英国各地创造高技能的就业机会。”
季廷伟 摘译自 国际船舶管理
原文如下：
Unitrove wins UK Government grant to develop liquid hydrogen bunkering facility
The creator of the world’s first liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for fuelling zero-emission ships has won a UK Government grant to develop a unit ready for rapid deployment to ports around the world.
Steven Lua, CEO of Unitrove Innovation, part of the Unitrove Group, said the £30,000 Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG), awarded by the Department for Transport in partnership with Connected Places Catapult, would be used to help further develop its commercial version of the small-scale portable facility, which can help reduce emissions of one of the most polluting forms of transport.
The Leicestershire-based clean-tech company unveiled the unit at COP26 in Glasgow last November.
“The award will help us to further develop our liquid hydrogen bunkering facility as we move towards commercialisation,” said Mr Lua. “This is fantastic validation for our project and it also opens up opportunities for increased collaboration as we work towards reducing emissions, which are causing so much damage to our planet.
“We need collaboration across the entire energy industry as there is no one-size-fits-all solution. We need to embrace multiple renewable and clean energy solutions to achieve our net-zero ambitions and we need real investment in infrastructure to develop affordable, reliable, sustainable energy in the future.”
The TRIG programme was launched by the Department for Transport in 2014 to foster research and innovation in the sector. This year’s TRIG is the largest ever, with over 50 awards spanning different areas including maritime decarbonisation and the future of freight.
Mr Lua said liquid hydrogen as a commercial fuel was relatively unexplored as an option – but that it had great potential for many uses, including plugging the gap that electric and compressed hydrogen cannot fill.
“Liquid hydrogen has long been used to safely and successfully send rockets into space. The technology is mature, but the markets for its use are not.
“We already see very early signs of light-duty vessels being battery-driven or powered by compressed gaseous hydrogen, but liquid hydrogen will allow us to serve the heavier portion of the shipping fleet where we hope to have a much larger impact.
“We are also exploring options including ammonia, liquid organic hydrogen carriers, and solid hydrogen in the form of sodium borohydride. However, we understand that priority is currently being given to the development of international standards and regulations for pure hydrogen, and this could play a significant factor in the long run.
“We believe that hydrogen will be recognised as a global commodity that will be traded in the same way that natural gas is today. The bunker fuel market is worth an estimated $120bn, so there is a huge opportunity not only in environmental and social terms, but also financially.”
Transport Minister Trudy Harrison said: “Innovation funded as part of TRIG could be the key to unlocking a more efficient and safer transport system for tomorrow.
“I support the ingenious ideas of this year’s cohort every step of the way and wish the successful applicants all the very best. I look forward to seeing the ideas develop to boost our green agenda and create high-skilled jobs across the UK.”
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