據(jù)鉆機地帶8月11日報道，雪佛龍公司(Chevron Corp.)和康明斯公司(Cummins Inc.)達成了一項協(xié)議，將通過提高低排放燃料的產(chǎn)量和推廣使用低排放燃料的技術(shù)來擴大低排放燃料市場。

周四宣布的諒解備忘錄是對2021年簽署的諒解備忘錄的延續(xù)，該備忘錄旨在促進氫和天然氣燃料行業(yè)的發(fā)展。這兩家公司在一份聯(lián)合新聞稿中說，他們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)擴大了合作，包括其他低碳燃料，如液體可再生能源。

聲明表示：“康明斯和雪佛龍各自為替代燃料創(chuàng)新、系統(tǒng)和技術(shù)的研究、開發(fā)和全球部署積極助力，并將共同努力，為工業(yè)和商業(yè)市場實現(xiàn)替代燃料生產(chǎn)、運輸和交付系統(tǒng)的大規(guī)模商業(yè)開發(fā)，目標是康明斯制造的運輸車輛的消費。”

“新合作的工作流程側(cè)重于氫、天然氣和其他可替代的低碳強度燃料，如可再生汽油混合物、生物柴油、可再生柴油、壓縮天然氣和其他液體可再生能源，以擴大商業(yè)應(yīng)用。”

康明斯首席執(zhí)行官珍妮弗·拉姆齊(Jennifer ramsey)表示，與雪佛龍的協(xié)議是這家燃料和發(fā)電技術(shù)制造商到2050年實現(xiàn)凈零排放戰(zhàn)略的一部分。

拉姆齊在一份聲明中表示：“在康明斯，我們正在努力實現(xiàn)‘零排放目標’戰(zhàn)略，我們認識到我們無法獨自完成這項任務(wù)。”

康明斯在2022年1月25日的一份介紹該戰(zhàn)略的新聞稿中表示，“零目標”是康明斯實現(xiàn)碳中和的路線圖，“通過將技術(shù)就緒程度與基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施就緒程度相匹配，減少從油井到車輪的排放”。新聞稿稱，“零排放”的目標是氫氣增長、內(nèi)燃機減排和電網(wǎng)脫碳。

3月8日，康明斯投資15億美元推出了一個名為Accelera的零排放產(chǎn)品品牌。

康明斯在宣布該品牌時表示：“Accelera正在推進一系列零排放解決方案，包括氫燃料電池、電池、電動軸、牽引系統(tǒng)和電解槽，為從商業(yè)運輸?shù)交どa(chǎn)的各種行業(yè)提供可持續(xù)動力。”“作為零部件供應(yīng)商和集成商，Accelera正在為公共汽車、卡車、火車、建筑設(shè)備、固定電力和碳密集型工業(yè)過程等應(yīng)用脫碳。”

拉姆齊在周四與雪佛龍的媒體聲明中表示：“通過與雪佛龍的戰(zhàn)略合作，我們計劃改善客戶獲得燃料和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的途徑，幫助增加替代燃料和可再生燃料的可用性，同時減少排放。”

雪佛龍美國產(chǎn)品市場總裁Andy Walz表示：“與康明斯這樣的合作旨在使能源和全球供應(yīng)鏈更加實惠和可靠，同時幫助使用我們產(chǎn)品和康明斯設(shè)備的商業(yè)車隊推進低碳世界。”

正如2021年7月15日共同宣布的那樣，早期的諒解備忘錄涉及“推進公共政策，促進氫作為運輸和工業(yè)的脫碳解決方案；建立以氫為動力的商用車和工業(yè)應(yīng)用的市場需求；發(fā)展基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，支持工業(yè)和燃料電池汽車使用氫；并探索在雪佛龍的一家或多家國內(nèi)煉油廠利用康明斯電解槽和燃料電池技術(shù)的機會”。

壽琳玲 譯自 鉆機地帶

原文如下：

Chevron, Cummins Expand Collab on Lower-Emission Fuels

Chevron Corp. and Cummins Inc. have entered a deal to grow the market for lower-emission fuels by raising the production of such energy sources and promoting the deployment of technologies that consume them.

The memorandum of understanding announced Thursday follows an earlier one in 2021 that aimed to promote the hydrogen and natural gas fuel sectors.   They have now expanded that cooperation to include other lower-carbon fuels such as liquid renewables, the USA companies said in a joint press release.

"Cummins and Chevron each have contributed to the research, development and global deployment of alternative fuels innovation, systems and technologies and will work together on enabling the commercial development at scale of alternative fuels production, transportation and delivery systems for industrial and commercial markets, with target consumption by transportation vehicles of the type manufactured by Cummins", the announcement said.

"Workstreams in the new collaboration focus on hydrogen, natural gas, and other alternative lower carbon intensity fuels such as renewable gasoline blend, biodiesel, renewable diesel, compressed natural gas, and other liquid renewables to expand commercial adoption."

Jennifer Rumsey, chief executive of Cummins, said the pacts with Chevron are part of the fuel and power generation tech maker's strategy for achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

"At Cummins, we are working to bring our Destination Zero strategy to life, and we recognize we can’t do this alone”, Rumsey said in a statement.

Destination Zero, Cummins' roadmap toward carbon neutrality, "reduces well-to-wheels emissions by matching technology readiness with infrastructure readiness", the company said in a press release January 25, 2022 introducing the strategy. Destination Zero targets hydrogen growth, emissions reduction from internal combustion engines and grid decarbonization, the release said.

On March 8 Cummins launched a zero-emission products brand called Accelera, a $1.5 billion investment.

"Accelera is advancing a range of zero-emissions solutions, including hydrogen fuel cells, batteries, e-axles, traction systems and electrolyzers, to sustainably power a variety of industries from commercial transportation to chemical production", Cummins said announcing the brand. "Both a components supplier and integrator, Accelera is decarbonizing applications like buses, trucks, trains, construction equipment, stationary power and carbon intense industrial processes."

Rumsey said in Thursday's media statement with Chevron, "By collaborating strategically with Chevron, we plan to improve access to fuel and infrastructure for our customers, helping grow the availability of alternative and renewable fuels while reducing emissions.”

Chevron president of Americas products Andy Walz said, "Collaborations like this one with Cummins are intended to make energy and global supply chains more affordable and reliable while helping commercial fleets who use our products and Cummins’ equipment to advance a lower carbon world".

The earlier memorandum of understanding involved, as jointly announced July 15, 2021, "advancing public policy that promotes hydrogen as a decarbonizing solution for transportation and industry; building market demand for commercial vehicles and industrial applications powered by hydrogen; developing infrastructure to support the use of hydrogen for industry and fuel cell vehicles; and exploring opportunities to leverage Cummins electrolyzer and fuel cell technologies at one or more of Chevron’s domestic refineries".