美國將審查德克薩斯州地下油田注水計劃 - 彭博社

Plug Power Inc.表示，儘管一位關鍵共和黨參議員要求審查美國能源部的資金支持，但該公司仍有望獲得高達16.6億美元的政府支持，用於建設氫氣工廠。

“這只是華盛頓日常業務的一部分，”Plug首席執行官安迪·馬什週二在一次會議上表示。“我們仍在計劃之中。”

參議院能源委員會的共和黨高級議員約翰·巴拉索上週要求該機構的檢察長調查該計劃及其主任吉加·沙阿，他是清潔技術行業的資深企業家，可能存在的不當行為。

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這一要求對Plug在美國建設多達六座氫氣生產設施的計劃構成威脅。這筆資金對該公司至關重要，因為在過去一年中，該公司在消耗流動性方面面臨現金短缺。但馬什表示，這項調查對Plug不構成問題。

“Barrasso just doesn’t like the loan program, and he doesn’t like Jigar,” Marsh said at the Evercore ISI Global Clean Energy & Transition Technologies Summit in New York. “My Republican lobbyists tell me they’ve seen this before.”

Representatives of Barrasso didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The Energy Department said its Loan Programs Office continues to work with Plug on the conditional commitment.

“As with every conditional commitment issued by the Department of Energy, prospective borrowers must fulfill conditions precedent ahead of a loan closing, which can include legal, technical, commercial, contractual, environmental, and financial requirements,” the department said.

US regulators have agreed to review Texas’ program for injecting oil field wastewater or carbon dioxide underground after environmental groups questioned whether the practice threatens drinking water supplies.

The groups in March petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to examine Texas’ oversight of class II injection wells, saying they pose risks of increased seismic activity, leaks and blowouts. The agency, in a response the groups made public Friday, pledged a “thorough technical and legal review,” saying the petition “raises substantial concerns.” The agency, however, stopped short of promising a resolution.