据欧洲石油7月21日消息，德国Uniper公司与通用电气签署了一项协议，旨在就Uniper燃气发电厂和天然气储存设施的脱碳进行长期合作。通用电气的天然气电力业务和Uniper将探索、评估和开发脱碳技术选项，这是通用电气与主要电力生产商签署的首个全范围脱碳项目。

该协议于2020年6月签署，旨在由通用电气和Uniper代表组成的联合工作组在2021年初制定详细的脱碳路线图。该路线图旨在对推动脱碳所需的潜在升级和研发项目进行评估，包括在欧洲各地的Uniper发电厂和天然气储存设施中增加通用电气燃气轮机和压缩机对排放友好型氢的使用。

GE天然气电力公司在脱碳(包括将氢用作燃气轮机燃料)、先进燃烧技术和碳捕获系统的开发方面拥有数十年的经验和领导地位。30多年来，通用电气在氢和类似低热值燃料的使用方面一直是世界领先的行业参与者，在全球75多个机组上实现了超过600万小时的运行。

通过这项协议，Uniper在其天然气资产脱碳方面又迈出了重要的一步。今年年初，Uniper为其欧洲发电业务设定了到2035年实现气候中立的战略目标。Uniper在德国和瑞典的水力发电和核电站已经提供了24太瓦小时的无二氧化碳电力。

程张翔 编译自 欧洲石油

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Uniper and General Electric sign a cooperation agreement for climate-friendly natural gas assets

Uniper and General Electric have signed an agreement aiming at a long-term collaboration on the decarbonization of Uniper's gas-fired power plants and natural gas storage facilities. GE’s Gas Power business and Uniper will explore, assess, and develop technology options for decarbonization — GE’s first fleet-wide decarbonization program signed with a major power producer.

This agreement — signed in June 2020 — aims at producing a detailed decarbonization roadmap by a joint working group composed of both GE and Uniper representatives by early 2021. This roadmap is to develop an assessment of potential upgrades and R&D programs needed to drive decarbonization, including increasing the use of emissions-friendly hydrogen in GE gas turbines and compressors in Uniper's power plants and gas storage facilities across Europe.

GE Gas Power brings decades of experience and leadership in decarbonization including the use of hydrogen as a gas turbine fuel, and in the development of advanced combustion technologies and carbon capture systems. For more than 30 years, GE is a world-leading industry player in the use of hydrogen and similar low heating value fuels, achieving more than 6 million operational hours across 75+ units globally.

Through this agreement, Uniper has taken another important step towards the decarbonization of its natural gas assets. At the beginning of the year, Uniper set itself the strategic goal of climate-neutrality in its European generation business by 2035. Uniper already produces around 24 terawatt hours of CO2-free electricity with its hydroelectric and nuclear power plants in Germany and Sweden.