据油价网2022年11月30日伦敦报道，英国能源巨头、英国天然气集团公司（BG）的母公司森特里卡（Centrica）和英国从事绿色氢气设施建设和运营业务的Ryze氢气公司11月30日上午在伦敦对《City A.M.》报记者表示，两家公司将联合建造和运营氢气生产设施，旨在为工业和交通运输业提供可靠的氢气供应。  

两家公司表示，双方已经签署了一份谅解备忘录，并将结合专业知识，以启动开发所谓的“英国氢气经济”，目标是移动、工业和商业市场。

根据协议，两家公司将在现有的森特里卡基地共同开发氢气生产项目，并与第三方合作在他们的基地建立氢气生产项目。  

此外，两家公司将探索英国如何与国际氢气生产设施合作，将低成本的可再生能源转换为氢气和氢气衍生物，输送到高需求地区。

森特里卡氢气部门负责人William Mezzullo解释说：“低碳氢气将在我们能源系统的脱碳过程中扮演重要角色。它提供了大量存储的潜力，提供了长期弹性，并为难以通电的地区提供了另一种选择，从而增加了可再生能源和低碳电力的使用。”

Mezzullo说：“我们应该大胆地思考，英国应该致力于成为氢气的净出口国，为英国财政部提供高质量的绿色就业机会，增加收入，并为房主和企业降低向净零排放过渡的成本。”

Ryze氢气公司绿色企业家兼执行董事长乔·班福德表示，“从我们与森特里卡的对话中可以清楚地看到，森特里卡致力于将氢气作为其净零战略的重要组成部分”。

班福德强调，两家公司最近几周讨论的这个项目将“改变绿色氢气经济的游戏规则”，并将强调“为什么氢气对英国和世界其他地区在应对气候变化方面是如此重要的资源”。

在初步考虑的项目中，森特里卡和Ryze氢气公司将研究将英国天然气集团公司的部分船队转换为氢气燃料的解决方案，包括加注氢气基础设施、位置和货车技术。

此外，班福德还表示，森特里卡企业解决方公司将与Ryze氢气公司合作，为希望现场发电脱碳的客户提供氢气作为替代燃料。

森特里卡最近宣布计划向林肯郡布里格的燃气尖峰负荷发电厂注入氢气，以进行一项旨在更好地了解氢气在发电中的作用的试验。

森特里卡强调，该公司“有一个长期目标”，要把Rough气田变成欧洲最大的长期能源存储设施，能够存储天然气和氢气。 

李峻 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Centrica Sets Out To Develop A “UK Hydrogen Economy”

Energy giant Centrica and Ryze Hydrogen will jointly build and operate hydrogen production facilities aimed at providing a reliable supply of hydrogen for industry and transportation, the companies told City A.M. this morning.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed and will combine expertise in order to kickstart the development of a so-called “UK hydrogen economy”, targeting the mobility, industrial and commercial markets, the companies said.

Under the agreement the firms will jointly develop hydrogen production projects on existing Centrica sites and work with third-parties to build production on their sites too.

In addition, the partnership will explore how the UK can work with international hydrogen production facilities to move low-cost renewable power converted to hydrogen and hydrogen derivates to areas of high demand.

William Mezzullo, Centrica’s Head of Hydrogen, explained that “low carbon hydrogen will play a major role in decarbonising our energy systems. It enables the increased use of renewable and low carbon electricity by offering the potential for storage in quantities that provide long term resilience and another choice for decarbonising hard to electrify sectors.”

“We should be bold in our thinking, the UK should aim to be a net exporter of hydrogen, providing high quality green jobs, additional revenues for the UK treasury and a lower cost of transitioning to Net Zero for homeowners and businesses.”

William Mezzullo, Centrica’s Head of Hydrogen

Jo Bamford, green entrepreneur and Executive Chairman of Ryze, said in addition that “it is clear from our conversations with Centrica that it is committed to making hydrogen a valuable component of its net-zero strategy.”

He stressed that the projects the companies have discussed in recent weeks will be “game-changing for the green hydrogen economy” and will underline “why hydrogen is such an important resource for the UK and the rest of the world in the fight against climate change.”

Among the initial projects under consideration, Centrica and Ryze will examine solutions for converting some of the British Gas fleet to hydrogen, including refuelling infrastructure, locations and van technology.

In addition, Bamford said Centrica Business Solutions will work with Ryze to offer hydrogen as an alternative fuel for customers wishing to decarbonise on-site generation. 

Centrica recently announced plans to inject hydrogen into a gas peaking plant at Brigg, Lincolnshire in a trial aimed at better understanding the role of hydrogen in power production.

The company stressed it “has a long-term aim” to turn the Rough gas field into the largest long duration energy storage facility in Europe, capable of storing both natural gas and hydrogen.