能源部首次发出TRIG煤气化技术许可 Latitude获电力领域非独占许可
华盛顿——美国能源部碳氢化合物与地热能源办公室（HGEO）10月16日宣布，能源部已与Latitude Energy Services签下首份针对「运输床一体化气化」（TRIG™）技术的非独占许可，许可范围限于电力领域。Latitude此前已独立持有TRIG在工业领域的权利，本次许可与之互补。能源部称，这是这套由联邦与业界共同开发的先进煤气化系统在技术转移与商业化上的一个里程碑，也为美国煤炭行业打开更多商业部署的通道。
TRIG是同类中首创的气化系统，由能源部与工业伙伴联合开发，专为低阶、高水分煤炭设计，能把这类储量丰富但传统上较难利用的煤炭以更高效率转化为灵活的燃料气，为美国煤炭资源创造新的利用机会。
能源部碳氢化合物与地热能源办公室代理助理部长Curt Coccodrilli说：「TRIG展示了当美国创新与清晰的商业化路径结合时能做成什么。在特朗普总统领导下，我们正把创新技术从实验室推向市场，为美国煤炭行业注入活力。把这项由能源部共同开发的技术和大量真实世界技术数据交到工业界手中，我们正在加强美国能源安全，并把美国的能源领导力扩展到国内与全球。」
能源部介绍，TRIG是一个可直接投入使用的平台，背后有多年的工程、测试与真实运行数据支撑。采用该技术的公司可获取能源部在密西西比州肯珀县一体化气化联合循环（IGCC）项目中积累的大量信息，包括电厂设计、施工记录、运行经验教训，以及记录TRIG实际表现的2万多条历史数据日志，用以支持商业开发决策。随着这份首份非独占许可签下，TRIG现已向能源生产商、技术公司与项目开发商开放商业使用。
能源部表示，向行业伙伴开放TRIG有助于企业推进强化国内供应链、创造高技能岗位的项目，并把美国技术推向国际市场；能源部的国家能源技术实验室（NETL）代表能源部管理TRIG许可流程，是有意向的合格公司接洽许可事宜的窗口。（GSM 据美国能源部发布报道）
DOE Executes First-Ever License for TRIG Coal Gasification Technology to Latitude Energy Services
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office announced on October 16 that the department has executed its first-ever nonexclusive license with Latitude Energy Services for the Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG™) technology, limited to the power field of use. Latitude independently holds the rights to TRIG in the industrial field of use, which this license complements. DOE said the executed license marks a significant milestone in the technology transfer and commercialization of a federally co-developed advanced coal gasification system, while creating a pathway for additional commercial deployment opportunities for America's coal industry.
TRIG is a first-of-its-kind gasification system jointly developed by DOE and industry partners. Designed specifically for low-rank, high-moisture coals, it converts these abundant but traditionally harder-to-use resources into flexible fuel gas at higher efficiency, creating new opportunities to put America's coal resources to work.
"TRIG shows what can happen when American innovation is paired with a clear path to commercialization," said Curt Coccodrilli, DOE's Acting Assistant Secretary for the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office. "Under President Trump's leadership, we are reinvigorating America's coal industry by moving innovative technologies out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. By moving this DOE co-developed technology and a deep body of real-world technical data into the hands of industry, we are strengthening American energy security and extending U.S. energy leadership at home and around the world."
DOE said TRIG is a ready-to-use platform backed by years of engineering, testing and real-world operational data. Companies adopting TRIG have access to the extensive information collected through DOE's work on the Kemper County, Mississippi, integrated gasification combined cycle project, including plant designs, construction records, operational lessons and more than 20,000 historical data logs documenting TRIG's demonstrated performance. With this first nonexclusive license, TRIG is now commercially available to energy producers, technology firms and project developers.
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory administers the TRIG licensing process on behalf of the department and serves as the point of engagement for qualified companies interested in a nonexclusive TRIG license in the power field of use, the department said. (GSM, based on the U.S. Department of Energy announcement)
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图片来源：图：采用TRIG技术的密西西比州肯珀县煤气化电厂建设期航拍（资料图）。该项目积累的电厂设计、施工与运行数据是本次许可开放的内容之一。摄影：XTUV0010，CC BY-SA 3.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons。File photo: aerial view of the Kemper County coal gasification plant in Mississippi, which used TRIG technology, during construction. Data from the project is part of what the new license makes available. Photo by XTUV0010, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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