本文转自《The Telegraph》发表的题为“Scottish breakthrough in carbon-capture technology”的报道。

作者：Jillian Ambrose

日期：2018.06.10

原文链接：https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/06/10/scottish-breakthrough-carbon-capture-technology/

A gas-fired power plant in Scotland may be able to generate ultra-low carbon power at a cheaper cost than ­nuclear, according to its developers.

据开发人员称，苏格兰的燃气电厂能够以比核电更便宜的成本生产超低碳电力。

The engineers behind the Caledonia Clean Energy Project (CCEP) claim a scheme to strip the carbon emissions from the flue of a gas-fired power plant could be developed through a Government contract worth between £80 and £90 a megawatt hour.

加勒多尼亚清洁能源项目（CCEP）背后的工程师声称，从燃煤烟气电厂的烟道中去除碳排放的计划，可以通过与政府价值80英镑到90英镑每兆瓦小时的联系来完成。

The project would be a lower cost to the consumer than high-profile new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, and produce just a tenth of the carbon emissions of a traditional gas-fired power plant.

该项目对于消费者来说要比在萨默塞特的Hinkley Point C的高性能新型核反应堆成本低，并且只产生传统燃气发电厂碳排放量的十分之一。

By using carbon capture technology, and existing pipeline infrastructure to transport and permanently store the gas underground, the developers ­believe they may have found an answer to Britain’s need for flexible and predictable low-carbon power.

通过使用碳捕集技术和现有的管道基础设施来运输和永久储存地下天然气，开发人员认为他们可能已经找到了英国对灵活和可预测的低碳能源的需求的答案。

“Until now, it has not been possible to take advantage of the desirable flexibility of natural gas-fired power plants to support renewables without having to accept significant amounts of undesirable CO2 emissions,” said the project’s feasibility study. “As this report shows, CCEP can help resolve this long-standing technical, global ­climate, and grid conundrum.”

该项目的可行性研究表示：“到目前为止，还没有可能利用天然气发电厂的理想灵活性来支持可再生能源，而不必接受大量不合需要的二氧化碳排放量。” “正如本报告所示，CCEP可以帮助解决这一长期存在的技术，全球气候和电网难题。”

Gas-fired power plants are an ideal partner to renewable energy projects because their output can be easily ramped up and wound down, in line with changes to wind and solar output. However, the UK’s reliance on gas is ­under pressure due to legally binding climate targets to reduce the amount of carbon from the energy sector.

燃气发电厂是可再生能源项目的理想合作伙伴，因为它们的产量可以很容易地增加和减少，与风能和太阳能输出的变化一致。 然而，由于气候目标具有法律约束力，减少了能源部门的碳排放量，英国对气体的依赖受到了压力。

Stephen Kerr, from CCEP, said the project could also serve as the “anchor tenant” for infrastructure that makes carbon capture and storage possible for some of Scotland’s largest chemical plants and refineries.

CCEP的Stephen Kerr表示，该项目还可以作为基础设施的“主要租户”，使苏格兰某些最大的化工厂和炼油厂可以进行碳捕获和存储。