據Splash 3月9日消息，日本川崎重工（KHI）的官員昨日表示，從澳大利亞運送液化氫的具有里程碑意義的試點項目證明，新的海運貿易在技術上是可行的。

今年早些時候，KHI建造的世界上第一艘液化氫運輸船Suiso Frontier將一批從澳大利亞褐煤中提取的氫氣運往日本，并于上月底抵達神戶。

KHI執行官Motohiko Nishimura告訴記者：“從生產、運輸到裝載和儲存的演示證明，已經為未來像液化天然氣一樣使用氫氣作為能源奠定了技術基礎。”

Nishimura說：“能夠安全運行的設備和設施對清潔能源行業來說，也是一項改變游戲規則的技術。”

KHI表示，它的目標是很快建造一個更大的氫氣容器。

祝精燕 摘譯自  Splash

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Kawasaki Heavy readies larger hydrogen carrier designs

Officials from Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said yesterday a landmark pilot project to ship liquefied hydrogen from Australia had proven that the new seaborne trade is technically feasible.

Earlier this year, the KHI-built Suiso Frontier (pictured), the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, took a cargo of hydrogen created from brown coal in Australia to Japan, arriving in Kobe late last month.

“The demonstration covered from production and transport to loading and storage proved that the technological foundations have been laid for the future use of hydrogen as an energy source in the same way as liquefied natural gas,” Motohiko Nishimura, KHI’s executive officer, told reporters.

“Equipment and facilities that can be operated safely is also a game-changing technology for the clean energy business,” Nishimura said.

KHI said it aims to build a much larger hydrogen vessel soon.