據管道新聞網6月6日消息稱，日本政府周二表示，日本計劃在未來15年內投資15萬億日元(1075億美元)為該國發展氫氣產業，以加快利用天然氣向低碳經濟轉型的努力。

在世界各地，各國都在競相開發氫，作為一些最難脫碳的行業(如鋼鐵生產和化工制造)的減排手段，同時也因為氫在清潔能源部門方面的潛在用途。

日本于2017年首次發布了《基本氫戰略》，周二宣布了一項修訂后的目標，即到2040年將氫供應提高到每年1200萬噸。

最初的計劃要求到2030年，日本的氫氣供應量從現在的每年200萬噸增加到300萬噸。

到2050年，日本的目標是達到2000萬噸左右，屆時日本預計全球氫市場的年收入將達到2.5萬億美元。

日本經濟產業省表示，在這15萬億日元中，政府計劃提供6萬億～8萬億日元，其余資金將來自民間資本。

該計劃還旨在幫助日本企業在提供從水中生產氫氣所需的電解槽方面發揮核心作用。

它為日本在國內外的相關公司設定了一個目標，到本十年末，電解槽的總容量將從目前的不足1吉瓦增至15吉瓦。

曹海斌 摘譯自 管道新聞網

原文如下：

Japan to Invest $107 Billion in Hydrogen Supply Over 15 Years

Japan plans to invest 15 trillion yen ($107.5 billion) over the next 15 years to supply the country with hydrogen, the government said on Tuesday, as it accelerates efforts to use the gas to shift to a low-carbon economy.

Around the world, countries are competing to develop hydrogen as a means of reducing emissions in some of the most difficult industries to decarbonize, such as steel production and chemical manufacture, and because of its potential usefulness in cleaning up the energy sector.

Japan, which first published its Basic Hydrogen Strategy in 2017, on Tuesday announced a revised target to boost hydrogen supply to 12 million tonnes a year by 2040.

The initial plan called for hydrogen supply in Japan to reach 3 million tonnes annually by 2030 from 2 million tonnes now.

By 2050, Japan aims for around 20 million tonnes when it expects the global hydrogen market to generate $2.5 trillion in annual revenue.

Of the 15 trillion yen, the government plans to provide 6-8 trillion yen and for the remainder to come from the private sector, the industry ministry said.

The plan also aims to help Japanese companies to play a central role in providing the electrolyzers needed to produce hydrogen from water.

It sets a target for Japanese-affiliated companies domestically and abroad to have a total of 15 gigawatts of electrolyzer capacity by the end of this decade from less than 1 GW now.