美国最大生物燃料生产商承诺2050年实现碳中和|生物_新浪财经

原标题：美国最大生物燃料生产商承诺2050年实现碳中和

　　中国石化新闻网讯据烃加工网站9月15日消息美国最大的生物燃料生产商POET表示，该公司致力于在2050年之前实现生物加工设施的净零碳排放，使其成为最新一家承诺减少碳足迹以应对气候变化的公司。

　　总部位于南达科他州苏福尔斯的这家公司还表示，到2030年，它将确保其乙醇的温室气体排放量比汽油至少减少70%，高于目前的46%。炼油厂和生物燃料生产商正努力在世界最大的石油消费国美国生产对环境危害较小的燃料。

　　据美国能源信息管理局称，乙醇对二氧化碳排放的影响取决于燃料的制造方式以及是否考虑了其对土地利用的影响。农业部在7月份表示，以玉米为原料的乙醇的温室气体排放量比以能源当量计算的汽油低约39%。

　　POET的首席执行官杰夫·布罗因表示，POET有几种方法可以实现其目标，包括碳封存以及利用生物质和甲烷消化来帮助发电厂运营。

　　布罗因说：“今天生产和销售的汽车将在公路上行驶近20年。在未来几十年里，我们将为我们的汽车提供大量的汽油。此外，我们还为卡车、飞机和船舶提供燃料，所有这些在未来都需要低碳。”

　　布罗因表示，政府需要提供更多的激励措施，帮助企业实现气候目标，比如鼓励该行业利用农业废弃物发电。

　　POET在八个州经营33家工厂。以全运转率计算，将每年生产30亿加仑乙醇、140亿磅酒糟和9.75亿磅玉米油。

　　吴恒磊编译自烃加工

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　　Largest U.S. biofuels producer pledges carbon neutrality by 2050

　　POET, the largest biofuels producer in the U.S., said it is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions at its bioprocessing facilities by 2050, making it the latest company to pledge to reduce its carbon footprint to fight climate change.

　　The Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based company also said it would ensure its ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 70% compared to gasoline by 2030, up from about 46% today, the company said. Refiners and biofuels producers are grappling with producing fuel in the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, that will be less harmful to the environment.

　　Ethanol's effect on carbon dioxide emissions depends on how the fuel is made and whether its effect on land use is considered, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The Department of Agriculture said in July that greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39% lower than gasoline on energy equivalent basis.

　　POET has several ways to reach its goals, including carbon sequestration and the use of biomass and methane digestion to help power plant operations, said Jeff Broin, chief executive.

　　"The cars that are being produced and sold today will be on the road for close to 20 years," Broin said. "We're going to have a significant volume of gasoline for our vehicles for decades to come, and in addition we have fuel for trucks, for aircrafts, for ships, all of which needs to be low-carbon in the future."

　　Governments need to offer more incentives to help companies reach climate targets, Broin said, such as ways to encourage the sector to use agricultural waste for power generation.

　　POET operates 33 facilities across eight states. At full run rates, it produces 3 billion gallons of ethanol, 14 billion pounds of distillers dried grains, and 975 million pounds of corn oil annually.