據離岸工程網站7月9日消息 隨著越來越多的政府將氫燃料納入其全球變暖戰略計劃，兩家能源行業巨頭計劃今年成立一個專注于氫能的投資基金。

長期以來，氫一直被視為一種潛在的清潔燃料，因為它只會排放水蒸氣，但由于歷史上高企的生產、運輸和儲存成本，它一直未能獲得極大資本吸引力。

但由于歐盟目前正尋求推廣所謂的綠色氫氣，以幫助實現凈零排放，預計該行業在未來幾十年將吸引數千億美元的投資。

新基金HydrogenOne Capital由荷蘭皇家殼牌前高管JJ Traynor和曾在埃克森美孚工作、曾任Artemis能源基金經理的Richard Hulf共同發起。

Traynor 向路透社表示：“我們已經和市場上很多對這個主題感興趣的人交談過，但他們發現很難獲得投資，所以我們的想法是讓一個非常專注的團隊致力于此。”

據路透社向投資者介紹，該2.5億英鎊（3.15億美元）的基金將于2020年底推出。Traynor表示，該總部位于倫敦的基金將是全球首個氫專用投資基金。

巴克萊銀行分析師預計，到2050年，市場對氫的需求將增長8倍，達到5.75億噸/年，價值超過1萬億美元。

吳恒磊 編譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

Oil Industry Veterans to Launch Hydrogen Investment Fund

Two energy industry veterans plan to launch an investment fund focused on hydrogen this year as more and more governments include the niche fuel in their global warming battle plans.

Hydrogen has long-been touted as a potential clean fuel as it only emits water vapour but it has failed to gain traction, mainly because of historically high production, transportation and storage costs.

But with the European Union for one now looking to promote so-called green hydrogen to help reach net zero emissions, the sector is expected to attract hundreds of billions of dollars in investment in the coming decades.

The new fund, HydrogenOne Capital, is being launched by JJ Traynor, a former Royal Dutch Shell executive, and Richard Hulf, who has worked at Exxon Mobil and been an energy fund manager at Artemis.

"We've spoken to a lot of people in the market who are interested in the theme but find it very hard to get invested, so our idea is to get a very focused team to be dedicated to this," Traynor told Reuters.

The 250 million pound ($315 million) fund is due to be launched by the end of 2020, according to a presentation for investors seen by Reuters. The London-based fund would be the world's first hydrogen-dedicated investment fund, Traynor said.

Analysts at Barclays expect demand for hydrogen to grow eight-fold to 575 million tonnes per year by 2050 in a market worth more than $1 trillion.