多元化的能源

2022年8月8日

德州公共政策分析师David Blackmon /顾问。新!遵循这个作者经验来改善你的内容。得到它!得到它!华盛顿特区- 8月7日:参议员乔•曼钦(D-WV)会谈期间记者修正案投票,还……(+)称为“vote-a-rama”,在通胀导出法案在美国国会8月7日,在华盛顿特区2022年。参议院工作一夜周六到周日,他们走向参议院预算和解协议,最终投票,参议院民主党人2022年的通货膨胀减少法案。(图片由德鲁安格勒/盖蒂图片社)盖蒂图片社,这种能量转换有点停止的方式继续前进,在能源和气候政策决定的催促下,越来越明显的是,取代了大量当前化石燃料的使用比例在全球范围内将需要一个更多样化的解决方案不仅仅是更多的风能和太阳能补贴。没有这样的补贴被抛弃,当然,事实上,恰恰相反。 Robert Bryce reported Sunday at Forbes that the Manchin/Schumer cornucopia of climate spending (cynically titled the “Inflation Reduction Act”) passed on a strictly partisan vote by the Senate would direct another $113 billion to just those two rent-seeking industries over the coming decade. Fortunately, the bill also recognizes that subsidies for those two industries alone won’t do the trick. Manchin’s own statement on the huge tax and spending package recognizes that reality, stating that the legislation “…invests in the technologies needed for all fuel types – from hydrogen, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels and energy storage – to be produced and used in the cleanest way possible. It is truly all of the above, which means this bill does not arbitrarily shut off our abundant fossil fuels. It invests heavily in technologies to help us reduce our domestic methane and carbon emissions and also helps decarbonize around the world as we displace dirtier products.” As momentum continues to build around the scale-up of clean hydrogen across the United States, many stakeholders within the government and industry are working collaboratively to resolve some remaining technical issues to ensure a smooth transition to a clean hydrogen economy. One priority issue centers around the distribution of hydrogen, for which pipelines and natural gas will play key roles. A recent study by the University of Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy finds that pipelines, including both dedicated hydrogen pipelines and natural gas blending systems, are the most important systems for hydrogen delivery. Recognizing this fact will be critical to the success of the Department of Energy Regional Hydrogen Hub Program . But some critics continue to use today’s technical issues facing the hydrogen industry as a means of creating doubt about its potential role in a net-zero future. The current scrutiny focuses on hydrogen leaks from pipelines and the potential consequences of those leaks. A recent report by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) titled “Climate consequences of hydrogen emissions,” examines various hydrogen leak scenarios, ranging from what the group views as worst-case to best-case. The EDF’s worst-case scenario assumes a 10 percent hydrogen leakage rate and an additional three percent methane leakage rate for hydrogen produced from steam methane reforming (SMR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The result of this scenario shows renewable hydrogen would reduce the 20-year warming effects by two-thirds relative to fossil fuels. For SMR and CCUS hydrogen, the study states the 20-year warming impacts could increase by 25 percent. Neither outcome would do much to advance an energy transition, obviously. MORE FOR YOU