据世界能源8月10日消息：美国氮气生产商CF Industries今天与日本氨营销商三井公司签署了一项初步协议，以探索美国的蓝色氨项目。
该协议使两家公司能够对美国的蓝氨生产进行初步可行性研究，这也将涉及物流、储存、环境影响和营销机会。
氨是通过从天然气中除去氢并与氮结合而产生的。蓝色氨捕获并储存了该过程第一阶段产生的二氧化碳，减少了其整体环境足迹。作为一种脱碳能源，对蓝氨的需求预计将会上升。
今天的声明推进了CF的清洁能源战略，该战略于2020年启动，计划到2023年在路易斯安那州的Donaldsonville氮素厂建设一个电解装置来生产绿色氨。
CF还计划到2050年实现净零碳排放，到2030年将排放强度减少25%。
冯娟 摘译自 世界能源
原文如下：
CF, Mitsui Partner to Explore US Blue Ammonia Projects
US nitrogen producer CF Industries signed an initial agreement today with Japan-based ammonia marketer Mitsui to explore blue ammonia projects in the US.
The agreement enables both companies to conduct preliminary feasibility studies of blue ammonia production in the US, which will also address logistics, storage, environmental impacts and marketing opportunities.
Ammonia is produced by removing hydrogen from natural gas and combining it with nitrogen. Blue ammonia captures and stores the carbon dioxide created in the first stage of the process, reducing its overall environmental footprint. Demand for Blue ammonia is expected to rise as a decarbonized energy source.
Today's announcement advances CF's clean energy strategy, which launched in 2020 with plans to construct an electrolysis unit to produce green ammonia by 2023 at its Donaldsonville, Louisiana, nitrogen complex.
CF is also aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a 25pc reduction in emissions intensity by 2030.