據天然氣工業7月25日消息稱，德國公用事業公司Uniper表示，將與通用電氣合作制定一項計劃，在2021年初之前對其歐洲的天然氣發電廠進行脫碳。

Uniper首席執行官Andreas Schierenbeck在一份聲明中說：“幾年后，Uniper的歐洲工廠將主要由環保的天然氣發電和不含二氧化碳的水力發電組成。”

該協議于上月簽署。此前，Uniper與西門子簽署了一項合作協議，考慮在Uniper的天然氣發電廠使用氫氣，并利用其風力渦輪機發電來生產無碳氣體。

在整個歐洲，由芬蘭Fortum控股的Uniper經營的天然氣發電廠的發電量約9吉瓦，超過其總發電量的四分之一。

作為其減排努力的一部分，Uniper計劃在未來五年內關閉三家德國硬煤發電廠，占其在歐洲燃煤發電量的一半。

曹海斌 摘譯自 天然氣工業

原文如下：

Uniper to work with GE to decarbonize European gas plants

German utility Uniper will work out a plan to decarbonize its European gas-fired power plants by early 2021 in a cooperation with General Electric, it said.

“In a few years, Uniper’s European fleet will consist mainly of climate-friendly gas-fired power plants and CO2-free hydropower,” Uniper Chief Executive Andreas Schierenbeck said in a statement.

The agreement, which was signed last month, follows a cooperation deal with Siemens to look at using hydrogen at Uniper’s gas-fired power plants and producing the carbon-free gas with power from its wind turbines.

Across Europe, Uniper, which is majority-owned by Finland’s Fortum, operates gas-fired power plants of around 9 gigawatts, which is more than a quarter of its total generation capacity.

As part of its efforts to cut its emissions, Uniper aims to close three German hard coal-fired power plants, half its European coal-fired capacity, over the next five years.