据11月30日European External Action报道，“氢，未来的能源载体”欧盟氢能源在线论坛于2020年11月25日在阿联酋举行。
世界各国政府都意识到，利用可再生资源生产的氢气将在实现《巴黎协定》目标的努力中发挥不可或缺的作用。氢是一种多功能和气候中性的能源载体，可帮助那些难以脱碳的行业降低温室气体的排放。
欧盟驻阿联酋大使Andrea Matteo Fontana在开幕式上表示:“新冠肺炎疫情危机凸显了我们传统经济模式的脆弱性，改变了全球清洁能源转型的基石。但是，我们可以把经济复苏变成一个千载难逢的机会。欧洲绿色协议指导着欧盟与包括阿联酋在内的伙伴开展绿色复苏对话与合作，我们可以加快绿色能源转型，共同实现《巴黎协定》和《欧洲绿色协议》的目标。”
论坛举行了一次高级别圆桌会议，欧洲联盟驻阿拉伯联合酋长国大使 Fontana、欧洲能源事务专员Kadri Simson、阿拉伯联合酋长国能源和基础设施部长Suhail Al Mazroui、阿拉伯联合酋长国总干事Francesco La Camera、国际可再生能源署（IRENA）和欧洲氢能秘书长Jorgo Chatzimarkakis参会。圆桌会议由欧盟-海湾合作委员会清洁能源技术网络主任Frank Wouters主持，随后还举行了两次技术会议。
欧盟能源事务专员Kadri Simson在圆桌会议上指出:“氢能对我们的经济、气候以及国际合作都是一个机会。现在，欧盟是主要的石油和天然气进口国。如果我们能按计划的那样扩大我们的氢经济，那么需求将远远超过我们的国内生产。一些欧盟成员国已经打算进口绿色氢气来满足需求。与此同时，将我们的氢经济连接起来意味着我们可以推进供应多样化，帮助发展稳定和安全的供应链。我们的提议是建立一个全球性的氢能市场规则，这个市场的核心是统一的安全和环境标准。”
海湾地区是具有生产低成本氢气有利条件的地区之一。作为清洁能源领域的区域领导者，阿联酋在利用迅速扩大的全球可再生氢燃料出口市场方面处于理想地位。预计到2050年，全球可再生氢燃料出口市场的价值将达到3000亿美元。可再生氢的生产和出口可以支持阿联酋实现其推动清洁能源和经济多元化的目标，确保该国在能源市场上的强势地位。但是，要使国际可再生氢燃料贸易成为现实，还需要解决运输和储存技术、认证制度和市场设计方面的其他挑战。
高级别圆桌会议期间，阿拉伯联合酋长国能源和基础设施部长Suhail Al Mazroui指出：“我们怀着兴奋的心情看待所有这些（氢）项目和计划,我认为我们可以一起交流学习,通过大规模的项目来减少成本。我们对阿联酋最高石油委员会副主席、阿布扎比王储HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed最近的指示感到非常高兴，他指示ADNOC与国内不同的利益相关者共同制定一项氢战略，以充分发挥阿联酋的氢资源潜力。”
IRENA总干事Francesco La Camera表示:“能源框架对于实现绿色氢的潜力至关重要。为此，IRENA今天宣布发布报告《绿色氢:政策制定指南》。我们在绿色氢气上看到了很多有前途的发展预期。欧盟和海湾合作委员会已经做好了推进绿色氢燃料开发的准备。IRENA期待与欧盟和阿联酋深化合作，共同致力于发展可持续能源的未来。”
欧盟氢能论坛为双方交换意见和考虑具体方案提供了机会，以推动这两个地区的氢能议程。此次论坛有许多重要机构和企业参加，包括欧盟委员会(European Commission)、燃料电池和氢能联合组织(FCH JU),国际氢能经济和燃料电池伙伴计划(IPHE),欧洲重建与发展银行(EBRD), 能源咨询机构Qamar Energy,法国能源开发商ENGIE, 德国FICHTNER公司等等。
王佳晶 摘译自 European External Action
原文如下：
EU and UAE Policy Makers and Experts Discuss Hydrogen as the Energy Carrier of the Future
The "EU Hydrogen Governments around the globe are realizing that hydrogen produced from renewable electricity will play an indispensable role in the effort to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. Hydrogen is a versatile and climate-neutral energy carrier that can be used to drive down greenhouse gas emissions in sectors that are otherwise difficult to decarbonize.
During the opening, H.E. Andrea Matteo Fontana, Ambassador of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates, stated that "The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the vulnerabilities of our traditional economic model and changed the context for the clean energy transition worldwide. But we can turn the recovery into a The Forum featured a high-level roundtable with the participation of H.E. Andrea Matteo Fontana, Ambassador of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, H.E. Suhail Al Mazroui, Minister for Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates, Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Secretary-General of Hydrogen Europe. The round table was moderated by Frank Wouters, Director of the EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network and was followed by two technical sessions.
"Hydrogen is an opportunity for our economy, for our climate but also for international cooperation." noted H.E. Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, during the roundtable. "Now, the EU is a leading oil and gas importer. If we scale up our hydrogen economy, as we intend to do, then that demand will by far outweigh our domestic production. And some EU Member States already intend to import green hydrogen to meet that demand." "Connecting our hydrogen economies means we can advance supplies' diversification and help develop stable and secure supply chains. What we are proposing is a global rules space market for hydrogen and at the heart of this market are harmonised safety and environmental standards."
Among the regions that have favourable conditions to produce cost-effective hydrogen is the Gulf. The UAE as a regional leader in clean energy is ideally positioned to capitalize During the high level roundtable H.E. Suhail Al Mazroui, Minister for Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates noted "We look at Europe with excitement seeing all of these (hydrogen) projects and plans by the European Union and by several of our allies in Europe and I think together we can exchange the learnings and enable large scale projects to contribute to reducing the cost of hydrogen in the future." "We are very excited of the recent instruction by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Vice chairman of the emirate’s Supreme Petroleum Council, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to instruct ADNOC to develop together with the different stakeholders in the country a hydrogen strategy to enable the full potential of hydrogen in the UAE."
Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA stated that “Enabling framework will be critical to realise the potential of green hydrogen. The EU Hydrogen Forum provided an opportunity to exchange ideas and consider concrete options to move the hydrogen agenda forward in both regions. It engaged in discussion high level representatives from leading institutions and companies from the EU and the region including the European Commission, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), Hydrogen Europe, International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IHPE), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Qamar Energy, ENGIE, FICHTNER and others.