本文转自《The Chemical Engineer》发表的题为“CCUS report urges UK government to act now”的报道。

作者：Amanda Doyle

日期：2018.07.24

原文链接：https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/ccus-report-urges-uk-government-to-act-now/

Geoffrey Maitland and Rodney Allam at the launch of the Delivering Clean Growth report on 19 July

Geoffrey Maitland和Rodney Allam于7月19日发布了“清洁增长”报告

THE carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) cost challenge taskforce has released a report setting out recommendations to the UK government and calling for a policy framework to be released early next year.

碳捕获使用和存储（CCUS）成本挑战工作组发布了一份报告，向英国政府提出建议，并呼吁在明年初发布政策框架。

The taskforce was established in January 2018 with the aim of providing a strategic plan to the UK government on how the country can lead in CCUS technology and how the cost can be decreased. CCUS technology has had limited uptake in the UK after the cancellation in 2015 of a £1bn (US$1.3bn) government competition to demonstrate the technology.

该工作组成立于2018年1月，旨在为英国政府提供战略计划，以及指导该国引领CCUS技术以及如何降低成本。在2015年取消10亿英镑（13亿美元）的政府竞争以展示该技术后，CCUS技术在英国的应用有限。

The report, Delivering Clean Growth, was released on 19 July and concludes that CCUS meets the commitments set out by the UK’s Clean Growth Strategy, which is the government’s commitment to lead the way to a low carbon future. The report has four key messages for the government: to recognise the CCUS opportunity and the urgency of acting now, to recognise the potential economic value of CCUS technology, that viable business models are needed, and that CCUS can be deployed at a competitive cost.

报告“实现清洁增长”于7月19日发布，并得出结论认为CCUS符合英国清洁增长战略所规定的承诺，这是政府致力于引领低碳未来发展的承诺。该报告为政府提供了四个关键信息：承认CCUS机会和现在采取行动的紧迫性，认识到CCUS技术的潜在经济价值，需要可行的商业模式，以及CCUS可以以具有竞争力的成本部署。

The report recommends that a minimum of two CCUS clusters, which are regional groupings that share infrastructure and knowledge, should be operational by the mid-2020s. The shared infrastructure would allow companies to benefit from lower costs. If this recommendation is to be met, then government action needs to be swift and significant support will be needed. The report urges the government to publish its policy framework and criteria in early 2019.

报告建议，到本世纪20年代中期，至少应该有两个具有共同基础设施和知识的区域性CCUS集群能够投入使用。共享的基础设施将使企业受益于更低的成本。如果要实现这一建议，那么政府的行动需要迅速，需要大力支持。 该报告敦促政府在2019年初公布其政策框架和标准。

Luke Warren, chief executive of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, commented:

碳捕集与封存协会首席执行官Luke Warren评论道

“After six months of intense discussions between a number of key CCUS stakeholders, the message from today’s report is clear: CCUS can already be deployed at a competitive cost, through the development of CCUS clusters in key UK regions. These clusters could support clean growth across the UK economy whilst retaining and creating high-value jobs in some of the UK’s most important industries.”

“在CCUS的一些主要利益相关者进行了六个月的激烈讨论之后，今天报告中的信息很清楚：通过在英国主要地区开发CCUS集群，CCUS已经可以以具有竞争力的成本进行部署。 这些集群可以支持整个英国经济的清洁增长，同时在英国一些最重要的行业中保留并创造高价值的就业机会。“

The taskforce was chaired by Charlotte Morgan, energy and infrastructure partner at Linklaters. Rodney Allam, Fellow of IChemE and inventor of a zero-emissions carbon capture system, was on the taskforce, along with Geoffrey Maitland, professor of energy engineering at Imperial College London and chair of the IChemE Energy Centre’s Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Task Group.

该工作组由Linklaters的能源和基础设施合作伙伴Charlotte Morgan担任主席。 IChemE的研究员兼零排放碳捕集系统的发明者Rodney Allam与伦敦帝国理工学院能源工程教授，IChemE能源中心碳捕集，利用和储存任务组主席Geoffrey Maitland一起参加了工作组。

“The systems thinking approach sits at the heart of this document and chemical engineers will be pivotal in the delivery of decarbonised energy and industry in the UK,” said Maitland.

“系统思维方法是本文件的核心，化学工程师将成为英国脱碳能源和工业交付的关键，”Maitland说。

Commenting on IChemE’s contribution to the report, Maitland said:

评论IChemE对该报告的贡献，Maitland说：

“The IChemE Energy Centre Report on the Commercialisation of CCS, launched in April, informed the CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce discussions and report strongly. There is strong alignment of the two reports, even though the IChemE report took a more global view than the UK-focussed Taskforce. Both emphasise that the technology exists and has proven viability.”

“4月份启动的ICCME能源中心CCS商业化报告向CCUS成本挑战专题组的讨论和强烈报道提供了信息。尽管IChemE报告比英国专注的专题组更具全球视野，但这两份报告仍然保持一致。两者都强调技术的存在并证明了其可行性。“

“The report indicates the key role CCUS can make in the decarbonisation of the UK energy and manufacturing sector and in the transition to a world where decarbonised products of all sorts, from cement to plastics, are valued and may even command a premium. This shows the importance of the Energy Centre being pro-active in this and other future energy issues, to be a thought leader in the direction of the sector, and to influence policy makers and other stakeholders on direction and future targets. It also emphasises the need to link all this with the ideas of the IChemE SIGs, such as clean energy and sustainability, to provide this leadership and influence right across the process engineering sector, and to drive the inter-relationships that will bring solutions from chemical engineers to the broader challenges that exist across the energy-water-food nexus.”