据能源世界网7月15日伦敦报道，英国公用事业公司(SSE)子公司英国SSE热力公司和挪威油气巨头Equinor表示，他们正在制定计划，在东约克郡海岸现有的天然气存储站点存储氢气。

　　这个被称为阿尔德伯勒(Aldbrough)的地方，由9个地下盐穴组成，这些盐穴将被转换成储存氢。

　　两家公司称，该项目将于2028年完成，预计产能至少为320吉瓦时，可能需要建造更多的洞穴。

　　从化石燃料中产生的气态氢已在地下洞穴中储存多年。

　　该站点将用于存储来自亨伯地区的氢气，该地区正在开发低碳氢枢纽中心。从本世纪 20年代末起，氢气将用于供热、工业和运输市场。

　　使用可再生能源生产的氢，是一种低碳燃料，并被一些国家吹捧为大幅减少温室气体排放的一种方式。

　　但成本仍然很高，基础设施匮乏，而且由于氢气的密度低于天然气，必须在工业场所或汽车燃料补给站安全压缩、储存和分配。

　　两家公司表示，虽然阿尔德伯勒(Aldbrough )工厂最初将储存为Keadby氢电站提供燃料而生产的氢，但其将使越来越大的氢野心成为可能，包括从本世纪20年代末开始，供应包括供热、工业和运输在内的不断扩大的承购市场。

　　储氢将对在英国建立一个大规模的氢经济，并通过为大部分能源来自可再生能源的地区提供备用能源提供后备能源来平衡整个能源系统至关重要。

　　使用可再生能源生产的氢气是通过电解实现的，电解将水分解成氢气和氧气。

　　SSE Thermal董事总经理斯蒂芬·惠勒(Stephen Wheeler)表示，通过提供大规模的氢储存能力，我们可以利用氢来实现重要发电、重工业、热能、运输和其他难以实现的行业的脱碳，保护和创造该地区关键的就业和投资。

　　郝芬 译自 能源世界网

　　原文如下:

　　SSE, Equinor plan to store hydrogen at UK gas storage site

　　Britain's SSE Thermal, part of SSE and Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor said they are developing plans to store hydrogen at their existing gas storage site on the East Yorkshire coast.

　　The site, called Aldbrough, consists of nine underground salt caverns which would be converted to store hydrogen.

　　The project, due to be completed by 2028 with an expected capacity of at least 320 gigawatt hours, might require additional caverns to be built, the firms said.

　　Gaseous hydrogen produced from fossil fuels has been stored underground in caverns for many years.

　　The site would be used to store hydrogen from the Humber region, where a low-carbon, hydrogen hub is being developed. The hydrogen would be used for the heat, industry and transport markets from the late 2020s onwards.

　　Hydrogen, if produced using renewable energy, is a low-carbon fuel and is being touted by several countries as a way to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.

　　But costs are still high, infrastructure is lacking and as hydrogen is less dense than natural gas and must be safely compressed, stored and dispensed at industrial sites or refuelling stations for vehicles.

　　The companies said that while the Aldbrough facility would initially store hydrogen produced to fuel the Keadby Hydrogen Power Station, it would enable growing hydrogen ambitions, including supplying an expanding offtaker market including heat, industry and transport from the late 2020s.

　　Hydrogen storage will be vital in creating a large-scale hydrogen economy in Britain and balancing the overall energy system by providing backup where large proportions of energy are produced from renewable power.

　　Hydrogen produced using renewable power is done by electrolysis, which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen.

　　"By delivering large-scale hydrogen storage capacity, we can utilise hydrogen to decarbonise vital power generation, as well as heavy industry, heat, transport, and other hard-to-reach sectors, safeguarding and creating crucial jobs and investment across the region," said Stephen Wheeler, managing director of SSE Thermal.