据管道&天然气杂志网2月22日墨尔本报道，在全球推进清洁能源的进程中，澳大利亚天然气管道所有者正在努力证明其价值750亿澳元(合590亿美元)的资产，他们正在测试将氢与天然气混合，生产绿色甲烷以取代化石燃料。
管道和网络所有者已经承诺向一系列涉及绿色氢的项目投入1.8亿澳元。
澳大利亚各州承诺到2050年实现净零碳排放，与许多发达国家保持一致，但堪培拉尚未承诺2050年的时间表。
香港CK集团旗下澳大利亚天然气基础设施集团(AGIG)首席执行官本?威尔逊(Ben Wilson)表示，这是一种我们都需要管理的商业风险。
他告诉路透社称，从防御开始，就已经成为一个机会，尤其是考虑到我们的可再生能源。我们可以成为世界上最大的绿色氢出口国。
为氢项目寻求政府资助的管道所有者，旨在展示他们的基础设施如何能够用于输送氢与天然气的混合，并将氢作为一种可再生能源存储形式储存。
澳大利亚能源网络(Energy Networks Australia)天然气业务主管丹尼斯?范?普伊维尔德(Dennis Van Puyvelde)表示，说到底，我们还是认为，继续使用这种基础设施可以使整个经济以较低的成本脱碳。
去年为该行业机构所做的一项研究发现，要在2050年前实现净零排放，建设一个氢分销网络的成本将是扩大电力网络的一半，以服务目前依赖天然气的企业和行业，并为澳大利亚节省约130亿澳元。
管道公司正在努力缩短到2050年的时间，因为一些州正在推动到2030年天然气管道中氢的含量达到10%。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
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Australian Gas Networks Looking to Include Hydrogen in Infrastructure
Australia's natural gas pipeline owners are working to future proof their A$75 billion ($59 billion) in assets amid a global push towards clean energy, running tests to blend hydrogen with gas and produce green methane to replace the fossil fuel.
Pipeline and network owners have already committed A$180 million to a range of projects involving green hydrogen.
Australian states have pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, in line with many developed countries, but Canberra has yet to commit to the 2050 timeframe.
"It's a business risk we all need to manage," said Ben Wilson, chief executive of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), owned by units of Hong Kong-based CK Group.
"What started out as defensive has become an opportunity, particularly given our renewable energy sources. We can become the world's largest exporter of green hydrogen," he told Reuters.
Pipeline owners seeking government funding for hydrogen projects aim to show how their infrastructure can be used to deliver hydrogen in blends with gas and store hydrogen as a form of renewable energy storage.
"At the end of the day, we also think that continuing to use this infrastructure allows the whole economy to decarbonize at a lower cost," said Dennis Van Puyvelde, head of gas for Energy Networks Australia.
A study done for the industry body last year found that to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, building a hydrogen distribution network would cost half as much as expanding power networks to serve businesses and industries that currently rely on gas, and save Australia some A$13 billion.
Pipeline companies are working on a shorter time frame than 2050, as some states are pushing to have 10% hydrogen in gas pipelines by 2030.
