据管道&天然气杂志网7月30日路透社报道，随着越来越多的消费者寻求从污染严重的化石燃料转向无碳能源过渡，美国电力公司Entergy Corp希望在德克萨斯州建造一座能同时燃烧天然气和氢气的发电厂。
这只是美国公用事业正在开发的几个氢气项目之一。但分析人士表示，在氢取代化石燃料之前，政府需要立法和监管，推动能源公司花费所需的数十亿美元，以降低生产清洁或绿色氢的成本。
Entergy 周四在一份新闻稿中表示，其拟议的1215兆瓦Orange County 工厂将位于 Bridge City附近，其靠近德克萨斯州-路易斯安那州边界附近的墨西哥湾海岸。
不产生二氧化碳排放的氢，已经被Entergy的几家大型工业客户使用，可以储存在附近的设施中，比如Entergy Texas的spinletop存储设施。
大多数这样的氢，就像世界上生产的大多数氢一样，来自化石燃料，所以不被认为是绿色氢，因为绿色氢来自非碳排放源。
德克萨斯州Entergy公司的总裁兼首席执行官萨利·雷纳(Sallie Rainer)在新闻稿中表示，我们的地区是氢气生产商、管道、储存和工业用户的家园。
该工厂的建设将直接提供7000多个就业岗位，并为当地经济带来近18亿美元的经济活动。一旦投入运营，其将提供约27个直接就业机会，并能够为超过23万个家庭提供足够的电力。
Entergy 表示，在未来几个月内，该公司打算寻求德克萨斯州公用事业委员会( Public Utility Commission 即PUC)的批准。如果 PUC批准该申请，其将于2023年第二季度开工建设，预计将于2026年夏季投入使用。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
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Entergy Seeks to Build NatGas/Hydrogen Power Plant in Texas
U.S. electric company Entergy Corp wants to build a power plant in Texas capable of burning a combination of natural gas and hydrogen as more consumers seek to transition from dirty fossil fuels to carbon-free sources of energy.
This is just align="justify"> Entergy said in a release align="justify"> Hydrogen, which produces no carbon dioxide emissions, is already used by several of Entergy's large industrial customers and can be stored nearby in facilities like Entergy Texas's Spindletop storage facility.
Most of that hydrogen, like most produced around the world, comes from fossil fuels so is not considered green hydrogen, which comes from non-carbon-emitting sources.
"Our region is home to hydrogen producers, pipelines, storage and industrial users," Sallie Rainer, president and chief executive of Entergy Texas, said in the release.
Construction of the plant will provide more than 7,000 direct jobs and nearly $1.8 billion in economic activity to the regional economy. align="justify"> Entergy said in coming months it intends to seek approval to build the plant from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. If the PUC approves the application, Entergy said it will start construction in the second quarter of 2023 with the plant expected to enter service by the summer of 2026.