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原文传递 Wake-up call

题名：	Wake-up call
正文语种：	eng
作者：	NELSON MOJARRO
作者单位：	International Chamber of Shipping
摘要：	The scale and pace required for the green energy transition and achieving net zero should not be underestimated. It will require a major transformation at full speed of the energy-maritime value chain. The world will require low-carbon fuels - whether hydrogen-based or sustainable biofuels - to be produced in multiple locations at scale. These new facilities will need to be strategically located in areas with lower electricity costs and capacity to exponentially increase production in a reliable and affordable way, for industries to replace fossil fuel use with low-carbon fuels in their operations. For the world to reach net zero and to produce low-carbon fuels, global electricity demand from renewable sources will need to increase by 60,000 TWh, according to the International Energy Agency - that is an 18-fold increase of all the renewable power we have built to date and to achieve this is going to require a massive amount of dedicated areas of land and sea for low-carbon fuel purposes. As an example, Germany estimates that two-thirds of hydrogen-based fuels that the country will use will need to be imported. Therefore, the location where new low-carbon fuels are produced and stored should be a crucial part of national infrastructure planning and its connection to the maritime sector should also be a priority for international action-oriented cooperation. In Canada, one idea under consideration is to have production facilities in Alberta, then transporting hydrogen by pipeline to ports where it is converted to ammonia so that it can be exported. This will require industrial scale electrolyzers and storage facilities to be built, and this will have an impact on port design and planning.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Ports & harbors
卷：	68
期：	5
页码：	14-14