CHICAGO -- While hydrogen as a transportation fuel has faced many challenges over the years—little fueling infrastructure, few vehicle options and high development costs—the winds appear to be shifting in its favor.
芝加哥--盡管在過去的很多年里，氫能做為交通燃料面臨著很多的挑戰(zhàn)-極少的加氫站，很少的汽車選擇權(quán)和氫能發(fā)展的高成本-現(xiàn)在風(fēng)向轉(zhuǎn)變了，對氫能的發(fā)展有利了。
At the Davos economic forum in Switzerland earlier this year, some of the world’s largest oil companies and automakers agreed to encourage the use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel to help global efforts to meet goals under the Paris climate agreement, Reuters reported.
今年在瑞士達(dá)沃斯的世界經(jīng)濟論壇，一些世界知名的石油公司和汽車制造商贊同鼓勵氫能做為交通工具的燃料，幫助全球努力達(dá)到巴黎氣候協(xié)定的目標(biāo)，路透社報道說。
"In this context, we are convinced that the unique contribution that hydrogen solutions offer needs to be strongly reaffirmed now," the participants said in a statement. They include oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Total, as well as automakers Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Daimler and BMW.
“ 在這個背景下，出于氫能的獨特貢獻，我們堅信氫能解決方案的需求再次得到了肯定”。參與者們在一份聲明中說。這些企業(yè)中包括荷蘭皇家殼牌石油和托爾塔，也有汽車制造商豐田，本田，現(xiàn)代，戴姆勒和寶馬公司。
Here in the United States, the alternative fuel is beginning a growth spurt that could take it far beyond its traditional California markets.
在美國，可再生能燃料剛開始突飛猛漲，將會遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的超過它的傳統(tǒng)市場加州。
Here are four ways the hydrogen market is advancing ...
以下是美國氫能市場開始加速前進的4個方面：
1.California expansion
加州市場的擴張
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is partnering with Toyota Corp. on seven hydrogen fueling sites in California, adding to the state’s total of 25 stations.
殼牌石油跟豐田的合作，在加州建立了7座加氫站，在全州的數(shù)量增加到了25座。
The sites may be funded partly by the California Energy Commission, which is weighing $16.4 million in grants, while Shell and Toyota would contribute $11.4 million, according to Bloomberg.
這些加氫站的資金部分由加州能源中心進行支持，總額有1640萬美元，殼牌石油和豐田貢獻了1140萬美元，據(jù)彭博咨詢報道。
Toyota has made a target to reduce its new vehicle emissions by 90% by 2050, which would require it to shift away from internal-combustion models toward technologies such as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCV), including its Mirai sedan. Shell, meanwhile, has long dabbled in hydrogen fueling. It has seven stations worldwide, including two in the Los Angeles area. The oil giant’s CFO, Simon Henry, recently projected that oil demand could peak in only five years.
豐田的目標(biāo)是至2050年，它的新汽車的排放要減少90%，這就可能要求它要更換汽車的內(nèi)燃機模型，進而轉(zhuǎn)向氫能燃料電池車技術(shù)，包括它的Mirai轎車。殼牌公司，同時，涉獵加氫站很久了。它在全球范圍內(nèi)有7座加氫站，其中在洛杉磯附近有2座。這家石油公司巨頭的CFO，西蒙.亨利，近來預(yù)測說石油的需求高峰只有5年了。
2. New Jersey’s initiation
新澤西州加氫站的啟動
The borough of Lodi will be the first in the state of New Jersey to host a hydrogen fueling site.
洛迪自治區(qū)是將會是新澤西州第一個建設(shè)加氫站的地方。
In late February, the local zoning board approved plans from hydrogen infrastructure provider Air Liquide U.S. for the fueling location, which will be at an existing Shell-branded gasoline station on Essex Street. According to The Record, the plan includes the installation of a hydrogen fueling dispenser, storage facility and upgrades to the site.
在二月份末，本地區(qū)董事會同意了由美國液空公司加氫站的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建議，將會建在亞瑟斯街的已經(jīng)存在的殼牌石油加油站那里。根據(jù)這個記錄，這個計劃包括加氫站的安裝，加氫的分配器，儲氫設(shè)備以及對這個加氫站的更新等。
3. New York's integration
紐約州的市場整合
Air Liquide is partnering with Toyota to expand fueling infrastructure on the East Coast as the automaker rolls out the Mirai FCV. In 2017, the team plans to begin building a dozen hydrogen fueling sites in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Delaware. These include sites under construction in Hartford, Conn., and Braintree and Mansfield in Massachusetts.
液空公司正在跟豐田公司合作，拓展在美國東海岸地區(qū)加氫站的建設(shè)，因為豐田推出了它的Mirai燃料電池車。在2017年，這個團隊計劃在新澤西，紐約，羅得州島，馬薩諸塞州，辛辛那提州和特拉華州，建設(shè)10幾座加氫站。這些在建的加氫站在康涅狄格州哈特福德，馬薩諸塞州的布倫特里和曼斯菲爾德。
The Lodi site is located off and Route 17 and is close to the Garden State Parkway and Route 4, which made it an ideal spot, Aaron Harris, technical director for Air Liquide's hydrogen energy systems, told the newspaper.
新澤西的洛迪加氫站坐落于17號國道，臨近花園州高速公路和4號高速公司，是一個理想的地方，Aaron Harris，液空公司的氫能系統(tǒng)技術(shù)總監(jiān)告訴本報說。
While New Jersey gasoline stations are full-service by law, hydrogen customers will do their own fueling. The gas station’s employees are being trained to assist.
根據(jù)法律，新澤西的加油站提供全方面的服務(wù)，顧客可自行進行加氫。加油站的工作人員已經(jīng)受過培訓(xùn)幫助客戶進行加氫。
Air Liquide is also adding two hydrogen fueling sites in New York.
液空公司同樣也增加了紐約的2座加氫站。
The company has entered into a long-term lease with Applegreen PLC, a Dublin-based c-store chain that is expanding into the United States, for a location in Hempstead, N.Y.
液空公司跟Applegreen 公司有一個長期租賃的合作，位于都柏林的喜士多連鎖店，現(xiàn)在擴張到了美國，在紐約的亨普斯特德。
“We value the opportunity to be one of the first service stations in the Northeast working with Air Liquide to integrate a hydrogen station on-site,” said Joe Barrett, COO of Applegreen PLC. “Integrating the hydrogen station is a beneficial addition for us, as we are able to provide state-of-the-art services to all our customer types, including those with hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles.”
“我們非常珍惜這個在美國東北產(chǎn)地區(qū)跟液空公司一起合作建設(shè)第一座服務(wù)型加氫站的機會”， Joe Barrett，Applegreen 公司的COO說?！案託湔镜暮献鲗ξ覀儊碚f是個有益的補充，我們可為所有類型的客戶提供最高水準(zhǔn)的服務(wù)，包括那些氫能燃料電池車?！?
The second lease is for an undisclosed site in Brooklyn, N.Y. Air Liquide plans to have both sites operational by the end of 2017.
第二個租賃地點在布魯克林，不過并未透露詳細(xì)地址，液空公司計劃這2座加氫在2017年年底實現(xiàn)運營。
4. Milestone price point
氫氣零售價的里程碑
A provider of hydrogen fueling infrastructure has announced it has reached a key pricing milestone for the alternative fuel at five of its California fueling sites. The stations are offering hydrogen at less than $10 per kilogram.
一個加氫站基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施供應(yīng)商宣布說，已經(jīng)達(dá)到了氫能定價的關(guān)鍵里程碑，因為可再能能源在加州已經(jīng)有5座加氫站了。這些站點提供的氫氣每公斤低于10美元。
Ed Kiczek, global business director for hydrogen energy systems for Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., cited technology advancements for helping the company’s fueling sites reach this price point.
Ed Kiczek，空氣產(chǎn)品公司氫能源系統(tǒng)的全球銷售總監(jiān)，在賓夕法尼亞州利哈伊谷，引用了進步的技術(shù)幫助公司在加氫站的價格定位。
"There has also been a marked increase in vehicles using our stations, and an even greater outlook for the volume of hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to be coming to market in 2017 and 2018," said Kiczek.
“有越來越多的汽車開始用我們的加氫站，而且可以展望2017-2018年會有越來越多的氫能燃料電池汽車進入市場”， Kiczek說。
Air Products supplies the five hydrogen fueling sites stations from its production facilities in Wilmington and Carson, Calif. The stations are in West Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, Fairfax and Santa Monica, with a fifth opening soon in Lawndale.
空氣產(chǎn)品公司利用在加州威明頓和卡森的生產(chǎn)線，為5座加氫站供氫。這些加氫站在西洛杉磯，林地市，費法斯，圣塔莫尼卡，第5座在德爾市即將營業(yè)。
