本文转自《World Coal Association》发表的题为“Why policy support for CCUS is so important?”的报道。

日期：2017.01.25

原文链接：https://www.worldcoal.org/why-policy-support-ccus-so-important

The World Coal Association (WCA) advocates for policy parity for carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) alongside all low emission technologies.

But why is policy parity for CCUS so important?

世界煤炭协会（WCA）倡导碳捕获利用和储存（CCUS）技术与其他所有低碳技术一样拥有平等的政策。但为什么CCUS的政策平等如此重要？

We’ve seen that strong policy drives strong action. Take, for example the story of renewables. The significant growth in renewable energy technology has been driven by policy that provides $100 billion in subsidies every year. The cumulative value of policy support provided to CCUS by governments to date is approximately 1% of the cumulative value of policy support provided to renewable technologies.

我们已经看到强有力的政策推动了强有力的行为。以可再生能源的故事为例。 可再生能源技术的显着增长得益于每年提供1000亿美元补贴的政策。 政府迄今向CCUS提供的政策支持的累计价值约为为可再生能源技术提供政策支持的累计价值的1％。

Policy support encourages investment in low emission technology. We’ve seen this with renewables. Consistent, supportive policy and investments have led to improvements in deployment and decreases in costs. The same cannot be said for CCUS, as seen in the chart below. Fluctuating CCUS policies lead to fluctuating progress in CCUS technology.

政策支持鼓励投资低排放技术。 我们已经看到这与可再生能源一样。 统一的支持性政策和投资已经导致了部署的改进和成本的降低。 如下图所示，对于CCUS来说，情况并非如此。 波动的CCUS政策导致CCUS技术的波动。

We need to level the playing field with other low emission technologies, not least because CCUS is a vital part of a cost-effective solution to meeting climate goals. We cannot meet our climate targets without it.

我们需要利用其他低排放技术来平衡竞争环境，尤其是因为CCUS是实现气候目标的经济有效解决方案的重要组成部分。没有它，我们就无法实现我们的气候目标。

There have been significant steps towards the wider deployment of CCUS. This month, Petra Nova, the first American carbon capture coal-fuelled facility came online with plans to store more than 1.6 million tonnes of CO2 a year. In the port of Tuticorin in India, an unsubsidised, fully commercial CCUS facilityprovides a significant boost to the carbon capture technology while it has been able to significantly reduce the costs associated with capturing the CO2. And not to forget the landmark Boundary Dam CCS project in Canada that has been operating for more than two years.

为更广泛地部署CCUS已经采取了重要步骤。本月，第一个美国碳捕集煤制燃料设施Petra Nova上线，计划每年储存超过160万吨二氧化碳。在印度Tuticorin港，一个未经补偿的完全商业化的CCUS设施为碳捕集技术提供了显着的推动力，同时它能够显着降低捕集二氧化碳的相关成本。同时还有已经运行了两年多的加拿大具有里程碑意义的边界大坝CCS项目。

Policy parity for CCUS alongside all other low emission technologies will help CCUS get off this roller-coaster and support consistent, widespread, much-needed progress.

CCUS与所有其他低排放技术相匹配的政策将有助于CCUS摆脱这种过山车式的局面，支持持续，广泛和急需的进展。

A recent report from the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the IEA (pdf) looked at the policies and incentives that can help drive CCUS; I will take a closer look at that in the coming weeks.

煤炭行业咨询委员会最近向国际能源署提交的一份报告（pdf）介绍了有助于推动CCUS的政策和激励措施，我将在未来几周仔细研究。