據能源轉型4月22日消息稱，澳大利亞總理已提議在氫和碳封存項目上額外投資5.39億澳元（合4.17億美元。

　　澳大利亞總理斯科特·莫里森表示，用于建設新的氫生產中心和碳捕獲技術的資金將創造2500多個就業崗位，同時減少澳大利亞的溫室氣體排放。

　　莫里森在一份聲明中說:“我們現在投資于將支持我們行業未來發展的技術，以及能夠支持澳大利亞就業的低排放能源，這對澳大利亞的成功至關重要。”

　　他補充說：“我們不能假裝世界沒有改變。如果我們這樣做，我們就會面臨失業的風險，尤其是在一些地區。”

　　政府將于5月11日公布下一財政年度的經濟藍圖，詳細說明這筆資金。這項開支需要議會的批準。

　　一半多一點的資金將用于將澳大利亞地區的氫生產中心從1個增加到5個。中心是氫生產商、用戶和出口商集中在一起的地區。

　　澳大利亞已經是世界上最大的液化天然氣和煤炭出口國之一，這兩種化石燃料都具有污染性。政府希望澳大利亞在2030年前成為全球主要的氫供應國，目標是將生產成本降低到每公斤(2.2磅)不到2澳元(1.54美元)。

　　澳大利亞擁有世界上最大的碳捕獲和儲存設施，位于西北海岸巴羅島的雪佛龍Gorgon天然氣項目。自2019年開始運營以來，該項目已儲存了400多萬噸(440萬美國噸)的碳排放。新的資金將用于加速新的碳捕獲中心和技術的開發。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 能源轉型

　　原文如下：

　　Australia plans to spend $417 M on hydrogen, carbon capture

　　Australia's prime minister has proposed spending an extra 539 million Australian dollars ($417 million) on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects.

　　Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the money to be spent on building new hydrogen-producing hubs and carbon capture technologies would create more than 2,500 jobs while reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

　　"It is essential we position Australia to succeed by investing now in the technologies that will support our industries into the future, with lower emissions energy that can support Australian jobs," Morrison said in a statement.

　　"We cannot pretend the world is not changing. If we do, we run the risk of stranding jobs in this country, especially in regional areas," he added.

　　The funding will be detailed in the government's economic blueprint for the next fiscal year which will be made public on May 11. The spending requires Parliament's approval.

　　A little over half the money would be spent on increasing the number of hydrogen-producing hubs in regional Australia from one to five. A hub is a region where hydrogen producers, users and exporters are located together.

　　Australia is already one of the world's largest exporters of liquified natural gas and coal, both polluting fossil fuels. The government wants Australia to become a major global hydrogen supplier by 2030, aiming to reduce production costs to less than AU$2 ($1.54) a kilogram (2.2 pounds).

　　Australia is home to the world's largest carbon capture and storage facility at Chevron's Gorgon natural gas project on Barrow Island off its northwest coast. The project has stored more than 4 million metric tons (4.4 million U.S. tons) of carbon emissions since it started operating in 2019. New money would be spent on accelerating development of a new carbon capture hub and technologies.