據天然氣加工網站10月7日消息 加拿大阿爾伯塔省總理杰森肯尼表示，到2040年，加拿大阿爾伯塔省將利用其豐富的儲量，成為清潔燃料氫氣的出口國。

由于旅行限制打壓了對燃料的需求，疫情嚴重沖擊了阿爾伯塔省的石油工業。然而，該省的困境可以追溯到數年前，因為油砂的高排放量使其成為環保人士的目標，并導致一些投資者、銀行和保險公司切斷與該行業的聯系。

肯尼補充說：“氫的潛力巨大，阿爾伯塔省有可能生產世界上成本最低的氫氣。隨著阿爾伯塔省的能源正開始變得越來越突出，現在將阿爾伯塔省列入全球氫地圖，對于我們站在未來能源變化的前沿至關重要。”

一位政府發言人表示，阿爾伯塔省將在晚些時候宣布建立氫能工業的具體行動。

加拿大政府和其他許多國家也在制定一項氫計劃。

氫氣將有助于實現阿爾伯塔省經濟的多樣化，盡管上個月一位省部長向路透社表示，其也為擴大石油和天然氣產量提供了一種手段。

肯尼稱，該省希望到2030年成為一個更大的石油化工產品生產和一個塑料廢料回收中心，并在同年實現加拿大多個液化天然氣出口終端的聯網。

阿爾伯塔省今年秋天將接受政府撥款建設石化廠的申請。

吳恒磊 編譯自 天然氣加工

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Canadian oil and gas province Alberta aims to export hydrogen

The Canadian province of Alberta will look to use its plentiful natural gas reserves to become an exporter of hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, by 2040, according to Premier Jason Kenney.

The pandemic has hit Alberta’s oil industry hard, as travel restrictions crushed demand for fuel. The province’s struggles date back years, however, as the oil sands’ high emissions made it a target for environmental activists and have led to some investors, banks and insurers cutting ties with the industry.

“The potential for hydrogen is huge,” Kenney said, adding that Alberta could potentially produce among the lowest-cost hydrogen in the world. “Putting Alberta on the global hydrogen map now as this energy source is beginning to gain prominence, will be crucial for us to be at the forefront of future changes in energy.”

Alberta will announce specific actions to build a hydrogen industry later, a government spokesman said.

The Canadian government is also developing a hydrogen plan, along with many other nations.

Hydrogen would help diversify Alberta’s economy, although a provincial minister told Reuters last month that it also offered a means to expand oil and gas production.

The province wants to become a bigger producer of petrochemicals and a hub for recycling plastic waste by 2030 as well, and see several additional LNG export terminals online in Canada by the same year, Kenney said.

Alberta will accept applications this autumn for government grants to build petrochemical plants.