據油氣新聞網7月9日報道，法國和沙特阿拉伯已經同意在氫的開發和低排放和可再生資源發電方面進行合作。

據沙特新聞社報道稱，此前沙特能源大臣薩勒曼與法國能源轉型部長艾格尼絲·潘尼爾-拉納徹舉行了會談。

據會后發表的聯合公報稱，沙特阿拉伯政府和法國政府承認，能源是兩國長期伙伴關系的主要支柱之一，兩國已于2023年2月2日簽署了一份關于在能源領域開展合作的諒解備忘錄，確認了他們的承諾。

法國和沙特阿拉伯已將利用低排放和可再生資源生產的氫氣和電力作為各自能源轉型的核心。兩國決定聯手尋找創新的解決方案，以最有效和最有競爭力的方式生產氫氣，并開發其在工業、交通、發電、建筑和其他相關應用中的用途。

雙方將努力加強在發展和維持能源部門供應鏈方面的合作，并使企業之間的合作能夠最大限度地利用兩國當地資源，這有助于實現能源供應的靈活性和有效性。

聯合公報稱，雙方支持成立“法國-沙特特別工作組”，旨在從氫和其他領域的合作中取得預期成果。

雙方商定了以三大支柱為重點的合作規劃圖：

·技術開發：合作將推動可再生技術生產的氫氣和電力在需求中心的生產、運輸和轉換部署;

·商業合作：私營部門發揮著關鍵作用，沙特-法國合作歡迎沙特和法國公司共同努力，在整個能源供應鏈中建立合作伙伴關系，以解鎖商業和氫貿易；

·政策和法規：該規劃圖將通過相互認可的認證框架，包括國際貿易一致性所需的所有可能來源的排放生命周期評估，進一步促進氫工業的發展。

兩國都認識到根據《聯合國氣候變化框架公約》和《巴黎協定》確定的原則和目標推進實施的重要性，包括努力將氣溫上升限制在1.5攝氏度以內。

此外，兩國認識到，清潔氫是實現促進經濟可持續發展和減輕氣候變化影響這一共同目標的必要燃料。

雙方同意加強在電力領域的合作，在可再生能源發電、電網互聯項目等領域交流經驗，鼓勵私營部門參與發電、輸配電、儲能和電網自動化技術等電力領域項目。

雙方還同意共同努力提高能源效率，加強在和平與安全框架下的核能、放射性廢物管理和核應用以及人力資源開發領域的合作。

兩國同意在推進氣候技術和解決方案方面開展合作，包括水泥、航空、海洋和石化等難以減排行業的碳捕獲、利用和儲存。

沙特阿拉伯的目標是成為全球低排放資源生產氫和電力的主要出口國，利用其以具有競爭力的成本生產低排放資源生產氫和電力的能力。

沙特擁有可再生能源、天然氣和碳匯的必要資源，除了其靠近全球主要需求中心的戰略位置之外，還可以出口氫氣。

法國發展脫碳氫的戰略旨在對工業和運輸的脫碳作出重大貢獻。

該戰略包括一項名為“法國2030”的公共投資計劃，旨在加速法國優秀行業的投資和創新解決方案，以使工業脫碳，并發展可再生能源，目標是到2050年將可再生能源裝機發電量提高到100吉瓦，其中40吉瓦以上來自海上風力發電場。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

原文如下:

KSA, France to work together on hydrogen electricty

France and Saudi Arabia have agreed cooperation in the development of hydrogen and production of electricity from low emission and renewable resources.

This follows a meeting between Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Energy Minister, and Agnes Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition of France, a Saudi Press Agency report said.

The government of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the France acknowledge that energy is one of the main pillars of their mutual long-term partnership, and the two countries had affirmed their commitments by signing a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the field of energy on February 2, 2023, said the joint communique issued following the meeting.

France and Saudi Arabia have placed hydrogen and electricity produced from low emission and renewable resources at the core of their respective energy transition. Both countries have decided to join forces in the search for innovative solutions to produce hydrogen in the most effective and competitive way, and to develop its use in industry, mobility, power generation, buildings and other relevant applications.

Both countries will work to enhance their cooperation in developing and sustaining supply chains for the energy sectors and to enable cooperation between companies to maximize the utilization of local resources in both countries, which contributes to achieving flexibility and effectiveness of energy supplies.

The parties support the creation of a “French-Saudi Task-Force” aiming to deliver desired outcomes from cooperation in hydrogen and other domains, it said.

They agreed on a roadmap of cooperation focusing on three pillars:

? Technology development: Cooperation will advance hydrogen and electricity produced from renewable technology deployment from production, transportation and conversion at demand centres;

? Business co-operation: the private sector has a critical role to play, Saudi - France cooperation welcomes joint efforts between Saudi and French companies to partner in the entire energy supply chain to unlock business and hydrogen trade;

? Policies and regulation: the roadmap will further promote the development of the hydrogen industry through a mutual recognition of certification framework including emission life cycle assessment from all possible sources necessary for consistency in international trade.

Both countries acknowledge the importance of advancing the implementation of the United Nations framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement in accordance with the principles, objectives and goals defined therein, including pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C, it said.

Moreover, the two countries recognise that clean hydrogen is an essential fuel to reach the shared objective of promoting a sustainable economic development while mitigating the impact of climate change.

Both countries agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of electricity, and exchange experiences in the field of electricity generation from renewable energy resources, grid interconnection projects, as well as encouraging the participation of private sectors in power sector projects including generation, transmission, distribution, storage and network automation technologies.

They also agreed to engage in joint efforts to enhance energy efficiency, and to enhance their cooperation in the field of nuclear energy in a peaceful and safe framework, the management of radioactive waste and the nuclear applications, and the development of human capabilities.

Both countries agreed to cooperate on advancing climate technologies and solutions including carbon capture utilization and storage for hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, aviation, marine, and petrochemicals, among others.

Saudi Arabia aims to become the leading exporter of hydrogen and electricity produced from low emission resources globally, capitalising on its ability to produce hydrogen and electricity produced from low emission resources at competitive cost, it said.

The kingdom has the necessary resources of renewable energy, natural gas and carbon sinks, to export hydrogen in addition to its strategic location with proximity to major global demand centres.

The French strategy for the development of decarbonised hydrogen aims at having a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of industry and transport. The strategy includes a public investment program, France 2030, aimed at accelerating investment and innovative solutions in sectors of French excellence to decarbonize industry and to develop renewable energy with the goal to increase the renewable power installed capacity up to 100GW by 2050, with more than 40 GW coming from offshore wind farms.