据路透社3月31日哥本哈根报道-丹麦沃旭能源(Orsted)周三表示，该公司计划在横跨荷兰-比利时边境的北海港开发一个海上风电场和邻近的制氢厂。

该风电场的发电产能将达到2吉瓦，并将为1吉瓦的制氢厂提供电力。到2030年，该制氢设施每年可生产11.6万吨氢用于能源。

沃旭能源?尚未做出最终投资决定，也未提供有关拟议预算的详细信息。该公司仍需获得监管部门的批准，并对该项目进行全面的可行性研究。

氢可用于燃料电池，在重工业、航空和航运等领域产生电力。沃旭能源?表示，北海港地区每年对氢的需求为58万吨，一座1吉瓦的电厂将满足20%的需求。据估计，到2050年，该地区的需求将几乎翻倍。

全球最大的海上风力发电场开发商沃旭能源?已经投资了几个将使用可再生能源生产氢的项目，目前主要使用天然气等不可再生能源来生产氢气。

拟建的工厂得到了一些公司的支持，这些公司还将寻求扩大当地处理氢气的管道。这些公司包括钢铁生产商安赛乐米塔尔(ArcelorMittal)、化肥生产商Yara、Zeeland炼油厂和化工产品生产商陶氏比荷卢（Dow Benelux）。

裘寅 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Orsted plans wind farm, hydrogen plant at North Sea Port

Denmark’s Orsted plans to develop an offshore wind farm and adjacent hydrogen plant at the North Sea Port straddling the Dutch-Belgian border, the company said on Wednesday.

The wind farm would have capacity to produce 2 gigawatts of electricity and would power the 1-gigawatt hydrogen plant. The hydrogen facility would be able to produce about 116,000 tonnes a year by 2030 for use as energy.

Orsted has not made a final investment decision, and it did not provide details on the proposed budget. The company still needs regulatory approval and to make a full feasibility study of the project.

Hydrogen can be used in fuel cells to generate power in applications such as heavy industry, aviation and shipping. Demand for hydrogen in the North Sea Port area is 580,000 tonnes a year, and a 1 gigawatt plant would cover 20%, Orsted said. It estimated that demand in the area will have almost doubled by 2050.

Orsted, the world’s largest offshore wind farm developer, has invested in several projects that will use renewable energy to produce hydrogen, which currently is mostly produced with non-renewable sources of electricity such as natural gas.

The proposed plant is supported by a group of companies that will also pursue an expansion of local pipelines to handle the hydrogen. The companies include steel producer ArcelorMittal, fertiliser producer Yara, Zeeland Refinery and chemical product producer Dow Benelux.