據今日油價5月6日報道，國際能源署(IEA)執行主任法提赫·比羅爾表示，第19次全球變暖造成的石油行業動蕩，為各國政府提供了一個絕佳的機會，將綠色能源作為就業來源，同時也為實現氣候目標服務。

比羅爾在接受路透社采訪時表示，不僅太陽能和風能等成熟技術應該得到發展，鋰離子電池和電解水制氫技術也應該得到補貼和政策支持。

鋰離子電池除了是電動汽車和電子設備的核心外，在太陽能和風力發電場中也越來越重要，它可以儲存能量。

國際能源署在最近的一份報告中稱:“鋰離子電池現在是更廣泛能源領域的技術機遇，不局限于運輸領域，且有必要進一步擴大制造能力。假設全球汽車工業宣布的電動汽車生產目標能夠實現，那么到2025年，全球將需要大約1000千兆瓦時的電池制造能力。這個產量相當于50個規模相當于特斯拉超級工廠的產能。”

電解槽是一種利用電能將水分解成氫和氧的裝置，被認為是從低碳電力中生產清潔氫的一種方法，正朝著使其成為大眾運輸、航運、航空、長途卡車、鋼鐵和化工產品的可行選擇的方向發展。

在全球范圍內，人們對開發生產和儲存可再生能源的有效解決方案越來越感興趣。以至于在2019年，綠色能源有史以來第一次取代煤炭成為發電能源。

IEA數據顯示，從總體上看，2019年化石燃料產量下降了245太瓦時，而可再生能源產量在2018年至2019年期間增長了119太瓦時。不過，在比羅爾看來，因為不僅其產品將在未來數年內使用，而且還因為許多此類石化產品，如消毒劑等在重要時期起著關鍵作用。

洪偉立 摘譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

IEA Chief Calls For Boost To Battery And Hydrogen Technology

The executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, said that the turmoil in the oil sector caused by the covid-19 pandemic gives governments the perfect opportunity to embrace green energy as a source of jobs that also serves climate goals.

In an interview with Reuters, Birol said that not only well-established technologies, such as those behind solar and wind generation should receive a boost, but also lithium-ion batteries and the use of electrolysis to produce hydrogen from water should be candidates for subsidies and policy support.

Besides being the backbone of electric vehicles and electronic devices, li-ion batteries are becoming more and more important in solar and wind farms to store energy when nature is not doing its part.

“Lithium-ion batteries are now a technology opportunity for the wider energy sector, well beyond just transport,” a recent report by the IEA states. “There is a need for manufacturing capacity to grow further. Assuming that the global auto industry’s announced targets for electric vehicle production are met despite the covid-19 crisis, around 1,000 GWh of battery manufacturing capacity would be needed in 2025. This output would require the equivalent of 50 plants, each on the scale of a Tesla Gigafactory.”

When it comes to electrolysers, which are devices that split water into hydrogen and oxygen using electrical energy and are considered a way to produce clean hydrogen from low-carbon electricity, research is moving towards making them a viable option for the mass transportation, shipping, aviation, long-haul trucks, the iron and steel and chemical industries.

Globally, there is growing interest in the development of efficient solutions to produce and store renewable energy. So much so that, for the first time ever, green power overtook coal as a source of electricity generation in 2019.

Figures from the IEA itself show that, overall, fossil fuels dropped by 245 TWh last year, while renewables production rose by 119 TWh from 2018 to 2019.

In Birol’s view, however, the oil sector should not be demonized as not only its products are to be used for years to come but also because many of such petrochemical products, such as sanitizers, have proven to be important in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.