據油價網2023年6月15日報道，IEA在最近發布的一份報告中預測，阿曼有望成為世界上最大的氫氣供應國之一。

這個海灣小國目前大約60%的出口收入來自石油和天然氣，但它為自己設定了雄心勃勃的凈零目標，這將涉及利用其低碳能源潛力，IEA指出，這一點很重要。

天然氣幾乎占阿曼發電量的全部，但隨著它利用風能和太陽能發電能力，這種情況即將改變。IEA表示，同樣的產能將用于從淡化的海水中生產綠色氫氣，到2030年前，阿曼將成為全球第六大氫氣出口國。

阿曼計劃到2030年前生產100萬噸綠色氫氣，五年后進一步擴大到每年375萬噸，到2050年達到每年850萬噸。

目前，阿曼以氨氣形式出口的氫氣只占這個數量一小部分，許多人認為氨氣是長途運輸中最好的氫氣形式。阿曼目前的氨氣年出口量約為20萬噸。

IEA表示，阿曼要成為一個氫氣出口大國，需要把氨氣年產能增加20到30倍。

“對我們來說，最經濟合理的行動是著手將其作為未來最可行和可持續能源，包括脫碳發電、當地工業和氫氣出口。”阿曼能源部長在對IEA預測的評論中援引《國家報》的報道說。

然而，阿曼要想成為一個綠色氫氣出口大國，就需要大力投資建設這種戰略所需的所有風能和太陽能產能。IEA估計，要在2030年生產氫氣，需要大約50太瓦時的電力。IEA指出，這比阿曼目前的總發電量還要多。

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

The IEA Believes Oman Could Become A World Leader In Hydrogen

Oman could turn into one of the biggest hydrogen suppliers in the world, the International Energy Agency has forecast in a recent report.

The tiny Gulf sultanate currently generates some 60% of its export earnings from oil and gas but has set itself ambitious net-zero targets that would involve leveraging its low-carbon energy potential, which the IEA notes is significant.

Natural gas accounts for almost all of the country’s electricity generation, the agency also noted, but this is about to change as it utilizes its wind and solar capacity. The same capacity will be used to produce green hydrogen from desalinated sea water, the IEA said, turning Oman into the sixth-largest exporter of hydrogen globally by 2030.

Oman plans to be producing 1 million tons of so-called green hydrogen by 2030, further expanding that to 3.75 million tons annually five years later and to 8.5 million tons annually by 2050.

Currently, the country exports a fraction of that amount in the form of ammonia, which is considered by many to be the best form of hydrogen for long-distance transportation. Oman’s annual export rate right now is some 200,000 tons of ammonia.

The IEA says this needs to rise 20 to 30 times for Oman to become a big hydrogen exporter.

“The most economically rational action for us is to embark on using this as the most viable and sustainable energy of tomorrow, including decarbonising power generation, local industry and hydrogen production for export,” the Energy Minister of the sultanate said, as quoted by The National, in comments on the IEA forecast.

For Oman to turn into a big green hydrogen player, however, it would need to invest heavily in building all the wind and solar capacity such a strategy would require. The IEA estimated that it would need some 50 TWh of electricity to produce the hydrogen it wants to produce in 2030. This is more than Oman’s total electricity output at the moment, the agency pointed out.