據管道新聞網6月18日消息稱，英國石油公司表示，該公司已同意收購澳大利亞一個可再生能源項目40.5%的股份，并成為該項目的運營商，該項目可能成為世界上最大的綠色氫生產商之一，但該公司沒有透露其支付的金額。

位于西澳大利亞內陸的亞洲可再生能源中心(AREH)將開發高達26吉瓦的風能和太陽能發電能力，可用于生產160萬噸綠色氫，或每年生產900萬噸氨水，氫氣經超低溫處理后可以通過船只運輸。

bp天然氣和低碳能源執行副總裁 Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath 表示，該項目符合bp從化石燃料轉向清潔能源的推動，并可能推進其在全球氫市場中搶占10%份額的目標。

Dotzenrath告訴路透社，bp預計到2050年，氫氣將占全球能源的10%—15%，并正在研究世界各地其他幾個大型氫氣和氨出口中心。

她說，AREH“不會是最后一個項目，但對我們來說是一個非常、非常重要的項目，我希望這是一個明確的信號，表明我們希望在這個市場站穩腳跟”。

曹海斌 摘譯自 管道新聞網

原文如下：

BP Buys 41% Stake in Australian Wind, Solar, Hydrogen Mega-Project

BP plc has agreed to buy a 40.5% stake and become operator of an Australian renewable energy project that could become one of the world's biggest producers of green hydrogen, the global oil major said, without disclosing how much it paid.

The Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in outback Western Australia would develop up to 26 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power capacity which could be used to produce 1.6 million tonnes of green hydrogen — hydrogen produced from renewable energy — or 9 million tonnes a year of ammonia into which hydrogen is super chilled to allow its transport by ship.

The project fits with BP's push away from fossil fuels to clean energy and could advance its aim to grab a 10% share of the global hydrogen market, said Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, BP's executive vice president of gas and low carbon energy.

BP expects hydrogen to account for 10% to 15% of global energy by 2050 and is looking into several other large-scale hydrogen and ammonia export hubs around the world, Dotzenrath told Reuters.

AREH "will not be the last one, but this is a very, very important project for us and I hope a clear signal that we want to establish ourselves in that market", she said.