據世界石油6月2日消息稱，歐盟委員會和比爾·蓋茨聯手發起一項倡議，希望動員多達10億美元的投資，用于綠色氫和可持續燃料等清潔技術。

　　歐盟監管機構周三表示，歐盟委員會和蓋茨創立的“突破能源催化劑”項目，希望在2022-2026年籌集資金，建設能夠顯著減少二氧化碳排放的大型商業示范項目。合作伙伴還將投資于直接捕獲空氣排放和長期能源儲存。

　　蓋茨在歐盟發表的聲明中說:“全球經濟的脫碳是世界有史以來最大的創新機會。歐洲將發揮關鍵作用，在氣候問題上表現出早期和一貫的承諾，并在科學、工程和技術領域長期發揮領導作用。”

　　歐盟需要加快從化石燃料轉向低碳能源，以實現綠色協議中包含的雄心勃勃的氣候目標。該伙伴關系希望將目標鎖定在已證實能減少溫室氣體排放、但仍因成本過高而無法達到規模的技術上。

　　委員會說，對項目的支持將采取金融工具和贈款的形式。歐盟的資金將來自"地平線歐洲"計劃和創新基金，這些資金來自歐盟排放交易體系中的碳排放限額銷售。

　　委員會表示：“‘突破能源催化劑’項目將動員同等的私人資本和慈善基金，為選定的項目提供資金。”

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 世界石油

　　原文如下：

　　EU, Bill Gates form $1 billion clean energy pact

　　The European Commission and Bill Gates joined forces in an initiative that wants to mobilize as much as $1 billion investment in clean technologies such as green hydrogen and sustainable fuels.

　　The Commission and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a program founded by Gates, want to muster the funding in 2022-2026 to build large-scale, commercial-demonstration projects that will deliver significant reductions in carbon dioxide, the European Union’s regulator said on Wednesday. The partners will also invest in direct air emissions capture and long-duration energy storage.

　　“Decarbonizing the global economy is the greatest opportunity for innovation the world has ever seen,” Gates said in the statement published by the EU. “Europe will play a critical role, having demonstrated an early and consistent commitment to climate and longstanding leadership in science, engineering, and technology.”

　　The EU needs to accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels and shift to low-carbon energy sources in order to meets its ambitious climate goals embedded in the Green Deal. The partnership wants to target technologies that are confirmed to reduce greenhouse gases but are still too expensive to get to scale.

　　Support for the projects will take the form of financial instruments and grants, the Commission said. EU funding will come from the Horizon Europe program and the Innovation Fund, financed by sale of carbon allowances in the bloc’s Emissions Trading System.

　　“The Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Program will mobilize equivalent private capital and philanthropic funds to finance the selected projects.”