澳大利亚将建造首个储氢罐制造工厂

据PV Magazine杂志4月12日报道，总部位于悉尼的CST Composites公司计划建立澳大利亚第一家储氢容器制造工厂。该公司希望通过与一家美国储氢罐制造商Optimum Composite Technologies组建合资企业，来确保自己在这个快速增长的行业中的地位。

该公司希望在悉尼附近已经运营的两个专业复合材料制造工厂的基础上，建立澳大利亚第一个储氢容器制造工厂。该公司表示，与Optimum Composite Technologies公司的合资企业将实现这一愿景，使其获得存储氢和天然气的复合压力容器的技术专长。

这一合作还将使CST Composites更大程度地进入美国市场，使其能够利用Optimum在美国的设施、客户群和供应链。相应地，CST Composites将扩大其在纤维缠绕技术方面的核心能力，以支持优化公司在设计和生产复合材料压力容器方面的业务增长。

CST Composites董事总经理Clive Watts表示:“高压气体存储容器是全球先进复合材料中最大、增长最快的市场之一，尤其是缠绕碳纤维复合材料。

该公司表示，该计划将有助于推进澳大利亚的国家氢战略，该战略强调了发展该国供应链基础设施的必要性，包括储氢罐。该公司表示，计划获得政府资助，因为澳大利亚正在大力支持该行业，以使其成为全球氢超级大国。

Watts表示:“我们将向政府申请拨款和财政支持，以推进我们的项目，重点是储氢容器和CPV(复合压力容器)这类产品的创新设计和开发。”“我们计划进行大笔投资，以发展我们新的合资企业。”

全球各公司都在建造储氢罐的制造设施。例如，韩国的韩华解决方案公司在2020年12月就收购了美国储氢罐制造商Cimarron Composites。

季廷伟 摘译自 PV Magazine

原文如下：

Australia’s first hydrogen storage tank manufacturing facility

Sydney-based CST Composites aims to establish Australia’s first hydrogen vessel manufacturing facility. It wants to secure its position in the rapidly growing industry through a joint venture with a US-based hydrogen storage tank manufacturer.

TCST Composites is positioning itself as a “leading player” in the global green hydrogen supply chain. Last week, it announced a joint venture with Utah-based hydrogen storage tank supplier Optimum Composite Technologies.

The company wants to establish Australia’s first hydrogen vessel manufacturing facility, adding to the two specialist composite manufacturing facilities it already operates near Sydney. The joint venture with Optimum Composite Technologies will enable this vision, the company said, by giving it access to technical expertise for composite pressure vessels, which store hydrogen and natural gas.

The partnership will also give CST Composites greater access to US markets, allowing it to leverage Optimum’s US facilities, customer base and supply chain. In turn, CST Composites will expand its core capabilities in filament winding technology to support the growth of Optimum’s business in designing and producing composite pressure vessels.

“High-pressure gas storage vessels is one of the biggest and fastest-growing markets globally for advanced composites, particularly for filament-wound carbon fibre composites,” said CST Composites Managing Director Clive Watts.

The company says its plan will help advance Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy, which has highlighted the need to develop the country’s supply chain infrastructure, including hydrogen storage tanks. It says it plans to secure government funding, as Australia is supporting the industry to become a global hydrogen superpower.

“We will be applying for the grants and financial support available to advance our projects, which focus on the innovative design and development of hydrogen and CPV [composite pressure vessel] products,” Watts said. “We are planning to make a significant investment to grow our new joint venture.”

Companies are starting to build manufacturing facilities for hydrogen tanks. For instance, South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions acquired US hydrogen storage tank manufacturer Cimarron Composites in December 2020.