據世界能源8月10日消息：美國氮氣生產商CF Industries今天與日本氨營銷商三井公司簽署??了一項初步協議，以探索美國的藍色氨項目。

　　該協議使兩家公司能夠對美國的藍氨生產進行初步可行性研究，這也將涉及物流、儲存、環境影響和營銷機會。

　　氨是通過從天然氣中除去氫并與氮結合而產生的。藍色氨捕獲并儲存了該過程第一階段產生的二氧化碳，減少了其整體環境足跡。作為一種脫碳能源，對藍氨的需求預計將會上升。

　　今天的聲明推進了CF的清潔能源戰略，該戰略于2020年啟動，計劃到2023年在路易斯安那州的Donaldsonville氮素廠建設一個電解裝置來生產綠色氨。

　　CF還計劃到2050年實現凈零碳排放，到2030年將排放強度減少25%。

　　馮娟 摘譯自 世界能源

　　原文如下：

　　CF, Mitsui Partner to Explore US Blue Ammonia Projects

　　US nitrogen producer CF Industries signed an initial agreement today with Japan-based ammonia marketer Mitsui to explore blue ammonia projects in the US.

　　The agreement enables both companies to conduct preliminary feasibility studies of blue ammonia production in the US, which will also address logistics, storage, environmental impacts and marketing opportunities.

　　Ammonia is produced by removing hydrogen from natural gas and combining it with nitrogen. Blue ammonia captures and stores the carbon dioxide created in the first stage of the process, reducing its overall environmental footprint. Demand for Blue ammonia is expected to rise as a decarbonized energy source.

　　Today's announcement advances CF's clean energy strategy, which launched in 2020 with plans to construct an electrolysis unit to produce green ammonia by 2023 at its Donaldsonville, Louisiana, nitrogen complex.

　　CF is also aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a 25pc reduction in emissions intensity by 2030.