据管道新闻网6月18日消息称，英国石油公司表示，该公司已同意收购澳大利亚一个可再生能源项目40.5%的股份，并成为该项目的运营商，该项目可能成为世界上最大的绿色氢生产商之一，但该公司没有透露其支付的金额。

位于西澳大利亚内陆的亚洲可再生能源中心(AREH)将开发高达26吉瓦的风能和太阳能发电能力，可用于生产160万吨绿色氢，或每年生产900万吨氨水，氢气经超低温处理后可以通过船只运输。

bp天然气和低碳能源执行副总裁 Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath 表示，该项目符合bp从化石燃料转向清洁能源的推动，并可能推进其在全球氢市场中抢占10%份额的目标。

Dotzenrath告诉路透社，bp预计到2050年，氢气将占全球能源的10%—15%，并正在研究世界各地其他几个大型氢气和氨出口中心。

她说，AREH“不会是最后一个项目，但对我们来说是一个非常、非常重要的项目，我希望这是一个明确的信号，表明我们希望在这个市场站稳脚跟”。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

BP Buys 41% Stake in Australian Wind, Solar, Hydrogen Mega-Project

BP plc has agreed to buy a 40.5% stake and become operator of an Australian renewable energy project that could become one of the world's biggest producers of green hydrogen, the global oil major said, without disclosing how much it paid.

The Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in outback Western Australia would develop up to 26 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power capacity which could be used to produce 1.6 million tonnes of green hydrogen — hydrogen produced from renewable energy — or 9 million tonnes a year of ammonia into which hydrogen is super chilled to allow its transport by ship.

The project fits with BP's push away from fossil fuels to clean energy and could advance its aim to grab a 10% share of the global hydrogen market, said Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, BP's executive vice president of gas and low carbon energy.

BP expects hydrogen to account for 10% to 15% of global energy by 2050 and is looking into several other large-scale hydrogen and ammonia export hubs around the world, Dotzenrath told Reuters.

AREH "will not be the last one, but this is a very, very important project for us and I hope a clear signal that we want to establish ourselves in that market", she said.