这项新的双边协议建立在 RWE 与 Equinor 之间的长期合作关系之上。该合同按市场条款定价，天然气将在德国虚拟交易中心THE（欧洲交易中心）交付。

“自从挪威 45 年前首次开始天然气出口以来，德国和挪威一直是能源合作伙伴。我很高兴我们继续发展这种伙伴关系，并且我们可以宣布 Equinor 和 RWE 之间的另一项双边协议，RWE 是众多将挪威天然气视为能源安全和能源转型推动者的公司之一。” Equinor 天然气与电力高级副总裁 Helge Haugane 说道。

RWE Supply & Trading 首席执行官 Andree Stracke：

“我们很高兴与我们的合作伙伴 Equinor 签署了长期天然气供应协议。对于我们作为全球能源贸易商来说，天然气在能源转型中发挥着重要作用。新签订的天然气供应协议为我们的泛欧天然气组合增添了又一​​重要组成部分，有助于保障供应安全。”

今年早些时候，RWE和Equinor宣布计划开发大规模价值链，以确保供应安全并减少排放，以响应德国-挪威气候、可再生能源和绿色工业伙伴关系。

第一步是在德国投资和开发燃气发电厂，一旦氢气在德国实现工业规模化，这些发电厂就可以使用氢气作为原料。这些电厂还受到德国政府宣布的电厂战略的约束，该战略旨在为新建燃气电厂创建合适的监管框架。

价值链中的关键要素将是从挪威向德国出口低碳氢，这有助于加快氢经济的发展。逐渐地，还将利用管道沿线风电场的电力生产绿色氢。

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This new bilateral agreement builds upon the long-standing relationship between RWE and Equinor. The contract is priced at market terms and the gas will be delivered at Germany’s virtual trading hub THE (Trading Hub Europe).

“Germany and Norway have been energy partners ever since Norwegian gas exports first started more than 45 years ago. I am very pleased that we continue to develop this partnership and that we can announce another bilateral agreement between Equinor and RWE, which is one of many companies that see Norwegian gas as an enabler for energy security as well as of the energy transition,” says Helge Haugane, Equinor’s Senior Vice President Gas & Power.

Andree Stracke, CEO of RWE Supply & Trading:

“We are delighted to have signed a long-term gas supply agreement with our partner Equinor. For us as a global energy trader gas plays an important role in the energy transition. The newly concluded gas supply agreement adds a further important building block to our Pan-European natural gas portfolio contributing to security of supply.”

Earlier this year, RWE and Equinor announced their plan to develop large-scale value chains to ensure security of supply and reduce emissions in response to the German-Norwegian Partnership on Climate, Renewable Energy and Green Industry.

The first step is to invest in and develop gas fired power plants in Germany that are ready to use hydrogen as feedstock as soon as it becomes available on an industrial scale in the country. These plants are also subject to the power plant strategy announced by the German government, which aims to create a suitable regulatory framework for new gas-fired power plants.

Key elements in the value chain will be exports of low carbon hydrogen from Norway to Germany which could help speed up the development of a hydrogen economy. Gradually, green hydrogen will also be produced using power from wind farms along the pipeline route.

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