據離岸能源7月9日消息，意大利石油巨頭埃尼集團已向英國政府提出投標申請，以獲得發展碳捕集與封存(CCS)項目的資金。

　　埃尼集團周五表示，作為開發HyNet North West綜合項目聯合團體的領頭人，該公司提交了“碳捕集與封存部署集群測序:第一階段”招標程序。

　　該公司補充稱，如果中標，埃尼的英國分支機構及其合作伙伴將獲得碳捕集儲存基礎設施基金（CCFI）的10億英鎊（約14億美元）的不可償還財務支持，以實現2030 年捕集和封存約1000萬噸二氧化碳的四個項目目標。這個過程包括兩個項目流程，一個在2025年開始，另一個在2027年開始。

　　該基金是英國政府于2020年11月提出的120億英鎊“十點計劃”的更廣泛投資計劃的一部分，旨在推動英國的能源轉型計劃和促進“綠色工業革命”。

　　埃尼進一步表示，除了CCS，該計劃還旨在推廣其他技術，如海上風能、藍氫和綠氫、核能、電動汽車和私人住宅的能源效率。

　　HyNet 項目旨在使英格蘭西北部的工業區脫碳，由埃尼和當地公司組成的財團開發，旨在捕獲、運輸和儲存現有當地工業排放的二氧化碳以及未來生產基地為生產作為供暖、發電和運輸的替代燃料——藍氫而排放的二氧化碳。

　　裘寅 編譯自 離岸能源

　　原文如下：

　　Eni applies to $1.4 billion UK CCS development fund

　　Italian oil major Eni has applied to a UK Government tender process for funds for the development of carbon capture and storage projects.

　　Eni said on Friday that it submitted to the ‘Cluster Sequencing for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Deployment: Phase 1’ tender process as the group lead for the consortium that will develop the HyNet North West integrated project.

　　The company added that, in the event of its successful bid, Eni’s UK arm and its partners will gain access to the Carbon Capture Storage Infrastructure Fund (CCFI) with non-repayable financial support of ￡1 billion (around $1.4 billion) for the realisation of four projects for the capture and storage of around 10 million tons of CO2 by 2030. The process involves two project streams with different starting times, one by 2025 and one by 2027.

　　The fund is part of a broader investment plan of ￡12 billion for the ‘Ten Point Plan’ presented in November 2020 by the British Government to drive the United Kingdom’s energy transition plan and promote the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’.

　　Eni further stated that, in addition to CCS, the plan aims to promote other technologies such as offshore wind, blue and green hydrogen, nuclear power, electric mobility, and energy efficiency of private homes.

　　The HyNet project, aimed at decarbonising industrial district in the northwest of England, is developed by a consortium formed by Eni and local companies and aims to capture, transport, and store the CO2 emitted by both pre-existing local industries and future production sites for blue hydrogen, as an alternative fuel for heating, electricity generation, and transport.