本文转自《Gov. UK》发布的题为“UK to lead global challenge to clean up carbon”的报道。

日期：2018.05.23

来源：Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and The Rt Hon Claire Perry MP

原文链接：https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-to-lead-global-challenge-to-clean-up-carbon

• UK to lead global challenge to reduce the cost of innovative new carbon capture technology

• UK strategy to reduce costs and capture global export opportunities

• £21.5 million of UK funding for ground-breaking projects to capture CO2emissions

英国将引领全球挑战，以降低创新型新碳捕集技术的成本

英国的战略，以降低成本和捕捉全球出口机会

英国拨款2,150万英镑用于开发二氧化碳排放量的突破性项目

Energy Minister Claire Perry has today (Wednesday 23 May) announced the UK is to lead an international challenge with Saudi Arabia and Mexico to remove carbon from emissions. It will be a unique opportunity to enable an up and coming technology to scale up by working together with other countries.

能源部长Claire Perry今天（5月23日星期三）宣布，英国将与沙特阿拉伯和墨西哥一道引领国际挑战，从排放中去除碳。这将是一个独特的机会，通过与其他国家的合作，推动未来技术的发展。

It is one of 7 Mission Innovation challenges announced in 2015 at COP21 with the UK setting out £21.5 million of funding for innovative new Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies.

这是2015年在COP21上宣布的7项使命创新挑战之一，英国为创新的新碳捕获，利用和存储（CCUS）技术提供了2150万英镑的资金。

The aim of the funding is to invest in innovation that could reduce the cost of the technology by supporting its development so that CCUS can become commercially viable at scale.

资助的目的是投资创新，通过支持它的发展来降低技术成本，从而使CCUS可以在规模上变得商业上可行。

CCUS is where carbon from power stations or industry is captured then either used for industrial applications or transported to be stored safely underground, reducing pollution from the air we breathe.

CCUS是捕获来自发电站或工业的碳，然后用于工业应用或运输到地下安全储存，减少我们呼吸空气中的污染。

While there are currently 22 plants in operation or construction, the UK has the opportunity to become a world leader in this field.

虽然目前有22家工厂投入运营或建设，但英国有机会成为这一领域的世界领先企业。

There is a global consensus that carbon capture will be critical in meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement and supporting clean growth. This technology can capture carbon dioxide emissions from industry or power generation as well as support low carbon hydrogen production.

全球一致认为，碳捕获对实现“巴黎协定”的目标和支持清洁增长至关重要。 该技术可以捕获工业或发电的二氧化碳排放量，并支持低碳氢生产。

Energy and Clean Growth Minister, Claire Perry said:

能源和洁净增长部长 Claire Perry 说：

My ambition is for the UK to become a global technology leader in carbon capture, working with international partners to reduce its costs. As the UK has led the debate globally on tackling climate change and pioneering clean growth, we are leading this global challenge with an initial £21.5 million investment in CCUS innovation - a key part of our modern Industrial Strategy.

UK companies are already involved in some of the most innovative CCUSprojects internationally, and just this week a ground-breaking negative emissions bio-energy project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire was launched.

英国公司已经在国际上参与了一些最具创新性的CCUS项目，并且本周在约克郡的Drax发电站启动了一项突破性的负排放生物能源项目。

The Clean Growth Strategy sets out the new Government approach to CCUSin the UK, highlighting the important role of innovation in supporting cost reduction. Government has committed to spend up to £162 million to improveCCUS and industrial energy efficiency.

清洁增长战略为英国CCUS提出了新的政府方法，突出了创新在支持成本降低方面的重要作用。政府已承诺花费高达1.62亿英镑用于改善CCUS和工业能源效率。

As well as the potential to help us reduce our emissions in industries through the manufacture of concrete, chemicals, steel, there are also opportunities to maximise economic opportunities for the UK through new technologies and the supply chain.

除了通过生产混凝土，化学品和钢铁来帮助我们减少工业排放的潜力之外，还有机会通过新技术和供应链为英国带来最大的经济机会。

Government is working with industry to adopt CCUS in the UK by reducing its costs and capturing the export opportunities, and a CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce will report to government in July this year. Energy Minister Claire Perry will host an international CCUS summit with the International Energy Agency, in Edinburgh later this year.

政府正在与业界合作，通过降低成本和捕捉出口机会在英国采用CCUS，CCUS成本挑战特别工作组将在今年7月向政府汇报工作。能源部长Claire Perry将于今年晚些时候在爱丁堡与国际能源署举办国际CCUS峰会。

The UK’s modern Industrial Strategy is a long-term plan to build a Britain fit for the future through a stronger, fairer economy. Through this we will help businesses to create better, higher-paying jobs - setting a path for Britain to lead in the high-tech, highly-skilled industries of the future.

英国的现代工业战略是通过更强大，更公平的经济来建立一个适合未来的英国的长期计划。 通过这一点，我们将帮助企业创造更好，薪酬更高的就业机会 - 为英国在未来高科技，高技能行业中的领先地位奠定基础。

As part of this, the modern Industrial Strategy sets out 4 Grand Challenges, including Clean Growth - Ensuring the UK is at the forefront of innovation and maximising the advantages for UK industry in the global shift to clean growth.

作为其中的一部分，现代工业战略提出了4大挑战，其中包括清洁发展 - 确保英国在全球转向清洁增长的过程中处于创新的前沿，并最大限度地发挥英国工业的优势。

Notes to editors

1. The Carbon Capture Challenge is one of 7 Mission Innovation challenges announced in 2015 at COP21. The Carbon Capture Challenge is focused on addressing the innovation challenges CCUS presents, for example enhancing innovation for carbon capture technologies to reduce the cost of the technology and support the technology’s development.

2. A call for CCUS innovation will offer £15 million of grant funding for projects up to 28 months and will be available to 31 March 2021. BEIS will consider grants of up to £5 million for a single project. Both projects that are UK-led or that involve collaboration with an international partner will be considered.

3. BEIS and UKRI has committed £6.5 million to the 2nd call of the Accelerating Carbon Technologies (ACT) Research Programme. This research and development programme is made up of 10 European countries (5 of which are involved in the CCUS Mission Innovation Challenge – Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, France and UK). The overall grant available from all the countries involved amounts to approximately €25 million.

给编辑的说明

1. 碳捕集挑战是COP21在2015年宣布的7项使命创新挑战之一。碳捕集挑战侧重于解决CCUS提出的创新挑战，例如加强碳捕集技术的创新，以降低技术成本并支持技术发展。

2. 呼吁CCUS创新将为项目提供长达28个月的1500万英镑赠款，并将于2021年3月31日上市。BEIS将考虑为单个项目提供高达500万英镑的赠款。将考虑这两个由英国领导或涉及与国际合作伙伴合作的项目。

3. BEIS和UKRI已经承诺向加速碳技术（ACT）研究计划的第二次征集投入650万英镑。该研发项目由10个欧洲国家组成（其中5个参与CCUS Mission创新挑战赛 - 挪威，荷兰，德国，法国和英国）。所有有关国家提供的总拨款约为2,500万欧元。