本文转自《CO2 CRC》发表的题为“CO2CRC WELCOMES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL APPROACH TO SUPPORT EMISSIONS REDUCTION”的报道。

CO2CRC welcomes the Federal Government’s response to the recommendations of the King Review including its recognition of the role of carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) in reducing Australia’s carbon emissions.

CO2CRC欢迎联邦政府对King Review建议的回应，包括承认碳捕集利用和封存（CCUS）在减少澳大利亚碳排放方面的作用。

“The Government’s technology neutral approach will enable Australia to economically meet its carbon reduction targets. As the King Review noted, the goal is to reduce emissions and technology development can lower the cost of achieving this objective.”

“政府的技术中立做法将使澳大利亚能够在经济上实现其碳减排目标。正如King评论所指出的，目标是减少排放，而技术开发可以降低实现这一目标的成本。”

“Amending the ERF legislation to enable a methodology to be developed for CCUS acknowledges the value of CCUS and demonstrates the technology driven approach that will allow Australia to strengthen industry and create jobs while reducing CO2 emissions. The acknowledgment that ARENA and the CEFC are to support the widest range of low emissions technologies consolidates this approach.” said David Byers, CEO CO2CRC

“修改ERF立法，以便为CCUS制定方法，承认CCUS的价值，并展示技术驱动的方法，使澳大利亚能够在减少二氧化碳排放的同时加强工业和创造就业机会。ARENA和CEFC将支持最广泛的低排放技术，这一认识巩固了这一做法。”CO2CRC首席执行官David Byers表示

Analysis by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and International Energy Agency (IEA) and others conclude the lowest cost pathway to substantially reducing global emissions will need to include capturing and storing carbon.

联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）和国际能源组织（IEA）等机构的分析认为，大幅减少全球排放的最低成本途径，将需要包括捕集和封存碳。

Australia is well positioned to capitalise on utilising CCS to lower CO2 emissions. Australia has ready access to the latest carbon-capture and storage technologies and expertise. It has some of the world’s best deep sedimentary basins in which to store carbon dioxide and an internationally recognised resources industry.

澳大利亚完全有能力利用碳捕集和封存技术降低CO2排放。澳大利亚已准备好获得最新的碳捕集和封存技术和专门知识。它拥有一些世界上最好的深部沉积盆地来封存CO2，并且拥有国际公认的资源产业。

Carbon capture and storage is a well understood technology. CO2CRC operates the Otway National Research Facility in south west Victoria, where it has safely and securely stored and monitored carbon dioxide in a variety of rock formations for more than a decade.

碳捕集和封存是一项众所周知的技术。CO2CRC在维多利亚州西南部运营Otway国家研究设施（Otway National Research Facility），在那里，它安全可靠地封存和监测了十多年来各种岩层中封存的CO2。

The Global CCS Institute reports that since the 1970s, more than 260 million tonnes of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions have been captured and geologically stored. Globally, 19 large-scale facilities (four producing hydrogen from fossil fuels), are now operating. They capture and store around 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. More facilities are being built or are planned.

全球碳捕集与封存研究院（CCS Institute）报告称，自上世纪70年代以来，已经捕集并地质封存了2.6亿吨以上的人为CO2排放。在全球范围内，有19个大型设施（4个利用化石燃料生产氢气）正在运行。它们每年捕集和封存约4000万吨CO2。正在建造或计划建造更多的设施。

David Byers, said “Focusing on the reduction of CO2 emissions rather than on a particular technology is the consensus of experts around the world and CO2CRC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this technology driven approach.”

DavidByers说：“关注减少CO2排放而不是某项特定技术是全世界专家的共识，CO2CRC欢迎有机会为这种技术驱动的方法做出贡献。”

注：CO2CRC是澳大利亚CCS研究与科学设施运营的单位