据管道新闻网6月6日消息称，日本政府周二表示，日本计划在未来15年内投资15万亿日元(1075亿美元)为该国发展氢气产业，以加快利用天然气向低碳经济转型的努力。

在世界各地，各国都在竞相开发氢，作为一些最难脱碳的行业(如钢铁生产和化工制造)的减排手段，同时也因为氢在清洁能源部门方面的潜在用途。

日本于2017年首次发布了《基本氢战略》，周二宣布了一项修订后的目标，即到2040年将氢供应提高到每年1200万吨。

最初的计划要求到2030年，日本的氢气供应量从现在的每年200万吨增加到300万吨。

到2050年，日本的目标是达到2000万吨左右，届时日本预计全球氢市场的年收入将达到2.5万亿美元。

日本经济产业省表示，在这15万亿日元中，政府计划提供6万亿～8万亿日元，其余资金将来自民间资本。

该计划还旨在帮助日本企业在提供从水中生产氢气所需的电解槽方面发挥核心作用。

它为日本在国内外的相关公司设定了一个目标，到本十年末，电解槽的总容量将从目前的不足1吉瓦增至15吉瓦。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

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.