据路透社5月27日报道，燃料初创公司Hydra Energy周四表示，该公司已筹集1500万加元（1240万美元），用于资助一个氢捕获项目，并将柴油卡车改装成氢燃料车。
最新的融资来自总部位于加州埃默里维尔的Just Business公司，该公司专注于可持续投资，使Hydra的总融资额达到2200万加元。
氢在燃烧时产生水，被视为长途卡车运输、航空业和海运业的潜在替代品，而这些都是化石燃料的主要用户。氢气可以从化石燃料中提取，也可以通过电解从水中提取，尽管这是一个昂贵的过程。
Hydra公司的氢捕获试验项目是在不列颠哥伦比亚省的一家化工厂与Chemtrade公司合作进行的。Hydra没有将废氢排放到大气中，而是将这些气体收集起来供其车队客户使用。
这家总部位于不列颠哥伦比亚省三角洲的公司，其改装卡车已经在商业路线上进行了道路测试，覆盖了超过200,000公里（124,275英里）。今年晚些时候，Hydra公司将开始向卡车车队提供其氢气改装套件，并以比其现有柴油成本低5%的固定折扣率提供氢气。
沈韩晔 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Hydra Energy raises $12 mln for hydrogen fueling expansion
Fuelling startup Hydra Energy said The latest financing comes from Emeryville, California-based Just Business, which focuses Hydrogen, which produces water when it burns, is seen as a potential alternative for long-haul trucking, the aviation industry, and maritime shipping, all major users of fossil fuels. Hydrogen can be made from fossil fuels or from water using electrolysis, although it is an expensive process.
Hydra's test hydrogen capture project is in partnership with Chemtrade at a chemical plant in British Columbia. Rather than venting waste hydrogen into the atmosphere, Hydra captures the gas for consumption by its fleet customers.
The Delta, British Columbia-based company's converted trucks have undergone on-road testing on commercial routes covering over 200,000 kilometers (124,275 miles). Later this year, Hydra will start offering its hydrogen conversion kits to truck fleets and provide hydrogen at a fixed discount rate 5% lower than their existing diesel costs.
