贝克休斯使用可再生能源向德克萨斯设施供电

中国石化新闻网讯 据油气新闻12月12日消息称，休斯顿油田服务和技术公司贝克休斯已达成一项协议，将利用风能和太阳能等可再生能源为德克萨斯州的所有设施供电。

在周三上午的声明中，贝克休斯宣布与法国电力公司EDF能源公司签署了一项为期10年的电力采购协议，为其在德克萨斯州的170个设施提供来自风能和太阳能的电力。

在休斯顿能源咨询公司Energy Edge Consulting的撮合下，该协议将允许贝克休斯的设施从Apex清洁能源公司位于德克萨斯州西部Ozona镇附近的White Mesa风力发电厂和奥斯汀7X能源公司旗下的太阳能发电厂获得全部电力。

贝克休斯健康、安全、环境和质量官员Kevin Wetherington在一份声明中表示，德克萨斯州是公司最大的能源使用地区。

Wetherington 称：“我们认为，对德州可再生能源的承诺是我们迈向净零排放的重要一步，我们还有更多的项目正在进行中，以继续减少我们的全球排放。”

不到11个月前，贝克休斯宣布了到2050年实现二氧化碳净零排放的宏伟目标，随后电力购买协议达成。

公司官员估计，风能和太阳能协议在10年的协议期内将减少相当于120万吨的二氧化碳的排放。该协议相当于减少27000辆汽车上路，将减少相当于该公司12%全球的碳排放。

贝克休斯的起源可追溯到1907年的德克萨斯州，如今它在120个国家雇佣了超过6.4万名员工。

2018年，该公司公布利润1.95亿美元，收入近230亿美元。

曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻

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Baker Hughes to power all of its Texas facilities from renewables

Houston oilfield service and technology company Baker Hughes has entered into a deal to power all of its facilities in Texas from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

In a Wednesday morning statement, Baker Hughes announced signing a 10-year power purchase agreement with the French-owned power company EDF Energy to get all of the electricity for its 170 facilities in Texas from wind and solar.

Brokered by Houston-based Energy Edge Consulting, the deal will allow Baker Hughes facilities to get all their power from the Apex Clean Energy’s White Mesa Wind Farm near the West Texas town of Ozona and a solar farm owned by Austin-based 7X Energy.

In a statement, Baker Hughes Health Safety Environment and Quality Officer Kevin Wetherington said Texas represents the company’s largest region for energy use.

“We see this commitment to Texas-generated renewable power as an important step in our progress toward net-zero emissions, and we have many more projects underway to continue to reduce our global emissions,” Wetherington said.

The power purchase agreement comes less than 11 months after Baker Hughes announced a lofty goal to have net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Company officials estimate that the wind and solar power deal will reduce the equivalent of 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over 10-year term of of the agreement. Equal to taking 27,000 cars off the roads, the deal will eliminate the equivalent to 12 percent of the company’s global carbon emissions.

With roots in Texas going back to 1907, Baker Hughes now employs more than 64,000 people in 120 nations.

The company reported a $195 million profit on nearly $23 billion of revenue during 2018.