据ICIS-MRC网站3月29日莫斯科报道，据烃加工网称，为了到2050年实现气候中和和净零排放的道路上实现更为雄心勃勃的目标，世界石化巨头巴斯夫（BASF）也大幅提高了其2030年中期温室气体减排目标：该公司希望在全球范围内将温室气体排放量较2018年减少25%。
如果不考虑计划增长的影响，这意味着到2020年代末，当前行业的二氧化碳排放量将减少一半。总体而言，巴斯夫计划到2025年投资10亿欧元，以实现新的气候目标，到2030年再投资20亿-30亿欧元。因此，巴斯夫将投资40亿欧元(约合47亿美元)，到2030年将温室气体(GHG)排放量比2018年减少25%。
2018年，巴斯夫集团全球二氧化碳当量排放量达2190万公吨。1990年排放量大约是两倍。新的2030年排放目标与1990年的水平相比减少了约60%，超过了欧盟的减少55%的目标。
巴斯夫公司执行董事会主席马丁·布鲁德米勒博士表示，新的气候目标强调了我们的决心和巴斯夫对巴黎气候协议的承诺。气候变化是21世纪最大的挑战。作为回应，我们必须调整我们的流程和产品组合。我们现在需要加快这一转变。我们必须首先集中精力在这一旅程的最初阶段，而不是最后阶段。这就是巴斯夫将增加可再生能源使用的原因。我们将加快开发和部署化学品生产无二氧化碳工艺。通过透明化和系统性地、渐进式地减少巴斯夫产品在整个价值链中的碳足迹，我们帮助所有行业的客户减少自己产品的碳足迹。
到2050年实现二氧化碳净零排放的长期转型的核心是新技术的使用，新技术将用可再生能源取代天然气等化石燃料发电。这些技术大多是巴斯夫与合作伙伴合作开发的，目前正处于试验阶段。这些技术的广泛推广要到2030年以后才能完全实现。为了在该日期之前加速避免二氧化碳排放，巴斯夫还继续系统地对现有生产工厂实施持续改进流程。此外，巴斯夫将逐步转向可再生能源，以满足其电力需求，并打算投资风电厂，以促进这一需求。
巴斯夫目前正在开发的最重要的新技术之一是用于基本化学品(如乙烯、丙烯和丁二烯)生产的电加热蒸汽裂解器。这些化学品是众多价值链的基石，对化工生产至关重要。氢是许多化学生产过程的另一种重要原料。为了实现无二氧化碳制氢，巴斯夫正在同时进行两种工艺:商用的电解水和甲烷热解，巴斯夫已经开发了一种新的工艺技术。另一个提高能源效率的重要手段是使用电热泵从废热中产生不含二氧化碳的蒸汽。巴斯夫的目标是与西门子能源公司（Siemens Energy）合作，逐步将这项技术提升到工业规模，并将其用于整个工厂的余热回收。
据巴斯夫预计，转向气候中性生产工艺将导致该集团主要工厂的电力需求将在未来十年急剧增加，其中包括路德维希港最大的生产工厂。预计从2035年左右开始，该集团的电力需求将比目前高出三倍以上。
郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC
原文如下：
BASF to invest up to USD4.7 bln to cut emissions 25% by 2030
In pursue of more ambitious goals on its journey to climate neutrality and net zero emissions by 2050, BASF, the world's petrochemical major, is also significantly raising its medium-term 2030 target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the company now wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 25% compared with 2018 ，according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Excluding the effects of the planned growth, this means cutting CO2 emissions in half in the current business by the end of this decade. Overall, BASF plans to invest up to EUR1 billion by 2025 to reach its new climate target and a further EUR2 billion to EUR3 billion by 2030. Thus, BASF will invest up to EUR4.0 billion (US4.7 billion) to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2030 compared with 2018.
In 2018, BASF Group’s worldwide emissions amounted to 21.9 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. In 1990, this figure was roughly twice as high. The new 2030 emissions goal represents a reduction of approximately 60% compared to 1990 levels, which exceeds the European Union’s target of minus 55%.
“The new climate goals underscore our determination and BASF’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate change is the greatest challenge of the 21st century. In response, we must adapt our processes and our product portfolio. We need to accelerate this transformation now. We must first concentrate on the initial steps of this journey, not the final ones. That is why BASF will increase its use of renewable energies. And we will accelerate the development and deployment of new CO2-free processes for the production of chemicals. With transparency and offerings to systematically and incrementally reduce the carbon footprint of BASF products throughout the entire value chain, we help our customers in all industries to reduce the carbon footprint of their own products,” said Dr. Martin Brudermuller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE.
At the heart of the long-term transition toward net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 is the use of new technologies, which will replace fossil fuels such as natural gas with electricity from renewable sources. Most of these technologies are being pioneered by BASF in collaboration with partners and are currently in a pilot stage. Broad scaleup of these technologies will only be fully realizable after 2030. In order to accelerate the avoidance of CO2 emissions prior to that date, BASF also continues to systematically implement continuous improvement processes for existing production plants. In addition, BASF will progressively switch to renewable sources to meet its electricity needs and intends to invest in wind parks to facilitate this.
One of the most important new technologies that BASF is currently developing are electrically heated steam crackers for the production of basic chemicals such as ethylene, propylene and butadiene. These chemicals are building blocks for numerous value chains and are essential for chemical production. Hydrogen is another important feedstock for many chemical production processes. To achieve CO2-free production of hydrogen, BASF is pursuing two processes in parallel: the commercially available water electrolysis and methane pyrolysis, for which BASF has developed a new process technology. Another important lever to increase energy efficiency is the use of electrical heat pumps to produce CO2-free steam from waste heat. BASF’s goal is to work with Siemens Energy to gradually ramp up this technology to industrial scale and use it for waste heat recovery at entire sites.
BASF expects that this switch to climate-neutral production processes will lead to a sharp increase in electricity demand at the group’s major sites, including the largest production site in Ludwigshafen, in the coming decade. From around 2035, the group’s electricity demand is expected to be more than three times higher than it is today.
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