据世界天然气3月29日消息称，丹麦航运巨头马士基与埃及当局签署了一项合作协议，共同探索在该国建立大规模绿色燃料生产，以追求净零航运。

在最近的燃料采购协议之后，马士基于3月28日星期一在埃及总理的见证下与当局代表签署了一份谅解备忘录。

现在，该公司正与苏伊士运河经济区管理局(SCZone)、埃及新和可再生能源管理局(NREA)、埃及输电公司(EETC)和埃及投资和开发主权基金(TSFE)合作。

作为协议的一部分，双方将在2022年底前进行可行性研究，以研究埃及的氢和绿色海洋燃料生产，由可再生能源提供动力，马士基作为承购方。

Maersk Fleet & Strategic Brands首席执行官Henriette Hallberg Thygesen在评论这一合作关系时表示:“埃及拥有良好的可再生能源生产条件，并雄心勃勃地成为绿色能源价值链的全球领导者。我们很高兴能够利用我们在该国超过100年的商业关系，共同探索各种选择。

“全球航运业在脱碳过程中面临的最大挑战是，能否以具有成本竞争力的价格获得数量充足的绿色能源和燃料。对于马士基来说，我们最近宣布的与6家行业领先公司的战略合作伙伴关系是应对这一挑战的关键，但为了保持1.5度的发展道路，我们需要在这10年内扩大规模。这正是我们合作伙伴正在探索的。”

据埃及主权基金首席执行官Ayman Soliman称，此次合作是一个机会，为实现零排放目标的路线图增添了新的维度，并有可能扩大苏伊士运河的绿色加油服务。

展望未来，马士基打算在其他具有强大可再生能源发展潜力的地区探索类似的机会，利用商业和政府关系为国家和商业参与者提供机会，以迎接绿色燃料生产的快速加速。

朱佳妮 摘译自 世界天然气

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Maersk inks new deals in Egypt to speed up green fuel production

Danish shipping giant Maersk and Egyptian authorities have signed a partnership agreement to jointly explore the establishment of large-scale green fuel production in the country in the pursuit of net-zero shipping.

Following the recent fuel sourcing deals, Maersk signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the authorities’ representative in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister on Monday, 28 March.

Now, the company is joining forces with the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), the Egyptian New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE).

As part of the agreement, the parties will be conducting a feasibility study before the end of 2022 to examine Egypt-based hydrogen and green marine fuel production, powered by renewable energy with Maersk as a committed offtaker.

Commenting on the partnership, Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO, Fleet & Strategic Brands, Maersk, said: “Egypt has excellent conditions for renewable energy production and ambitions to become a global leader in the green energy value chain. We are very excited to be able to explore options together, drawing on our more than 100 years of business relations in the country.

“The availability of green energy and fuel in sufficient quantities and at cost-competitive price levels is the single biggest challenge to the decarbonisation of global shipping. For Maersk, our recently announced strategic partnerships with six industry-leading companies are key in addressing this challenge, but to stay on the 1.5-degree pathway even more scale is needed within this decade. That is what this partnership is exploring.”

According to Ayman Soliman, CEO of The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, this partnership is an opportunity that adds a new dimension to the roadmap toward zero-emission targets and potentially expands the Suez Canal’s service offering for green bunkering.

Looking ahead, Maersk intends to explore similar opportunities in other regions with strong potential for renewable energy development, drawing on business and governmental relations to facilitate opportunities for nations and commercial players to embrace the rapid acceleration in green fuel production.?