研究投资组合
南方R公司&D发明, shapes and accelerates emerging energy technologies to improve the lives of customers and build the future of energy. Our diverse research portfolio explores a full spectrum of solutions to address the energy industry’s greatest challenges.
推进下一代核技术
hjc黄金城官网，泰拉能源和美国.S. Department of Energy are playing a leading role in developing fourth-generation nuclear reactor technology. 联合项目已经完成了综合效果测试的安装，标志着一个 crucial milestone in the development of the first-of-a-kind Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR). 该试验是核部门开发的世界上最大的氯化盐系统. 的 project culminates years of separate effects testing and is expected to demonstrate how the MCFR technology will perform in delivering a commercial-scale, 具有成本效益的, 2035年实现无碳熔盐堆能源.
演示氢气和天然气的燃料混合
佐治亚电力和三菱电力, 与电力研究所合作, recently validated fuel blending of hydrogen and natural gas at both partial and full load on an M501G natural gas turbine at 乔治亚州的权力’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Smyrna, 乔治亚州. 的 demonstration project was the first to validate 20%* hydrogen fuel blending on an advanced class gas turbine in North America, 也是迄今为止此类测试中规模最大的一次, with the 20% blend providing an approximately 7% reduction in carbon emissions compared to natural gas.
开发下一代清洁氢技术
美国.S. 能源部最近授予hjc黄金城官网R&D funding for the Novel Microbial Electrolysis System for Conversion of Biowastes into Low-Cost Renewable Hydrogen project. 南方天然气公司将领导该项目并与合作伙伴合作, electroactive Technologies和T2M Global, 推进从废物中生产清洁氢的技术. 该项目的目标是从食物垃圾中分布式产生氢气, diverting the waste from landfills and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions from the food value chain and the transportation sector.
Reflecting its goal of achieving net zero operations while providing customers and communities with affordable, 可靠且有弹性的能源, hjc黄金城官网宣布加入氢能委员会, a global CEO-led coalition of companies with a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the clean energy transition.
建设智能社区
这些首创的智能社区是真实的R&D projects within hjc黄金城官网’s footprint designed to help inform how energy could be produced, 在未来交付和消费. hjc黄金城官网, its electric operating companies and key partners are researching what technologies will be commonplace in the average home in 2040. 这些社区为客户提供最先进的住宅建筑, distributed energy resources – like battery energy storage and solar – as well as smart home appliances and technologies. 项目合作伙伴包括美国.S. 能源部橡树岭国家实验室, 电力研究院和关键技术供应商.
以低碳资源倡议加速脱碳
hjc黄金城官网已签约成为低碳R计划的主要赞助商&D合资企业， LCRI, that partners the Electric Power 研究 Institute with the Gas Technology Institute (GTI). 电力和天然气行业之间的合作旨在推动全球发展, 全经济深度碳减排. 的 goal of the five-year initiative is to accelerate the development and demonstration of pathways to low-carbon energy technologies, 比如氢, 大规模开发可再生天然气和生物能源.
引领储能部署
hjc黄金城官网正在推进能源储存作为一种有效的, 技术上可行的解决方案，通过全面的电池存储组合R&D projects – including the Energy Storage 研究 Center and the 阿拉巴马州的权力 and 乔治亚州的权力 Smart Neighborhoods. 储能系统有潜力为电网增加更多的可再生能源, 提高弹性和可靠性, 加大分布式能源和微电网建设力度, 并提高电网的运营灵活性，同时为客户创造价值. In 2020, the Edison Electric Institute awarded hjc黄金城官网 the electric utility industry's most prestigious honor – the Edison Award – for its portfolio of energy storage R&D计划.
推进碳捕获解决方案
的 国家碳捕获中心 新一代碳管理技术正在寻找突破吗. 由hjc黄金城官网管理运营, our world-class facility works with innovators from around the world to accelerate the development and deployment of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and industrial sources – and to promote carbon conversion and direct air capture solutions.
通过HyBlend研究天然气基础设施解决方案
南方燃气公司帮助推出了一款新的R&D倡议被称为 HyBlend to address the technical barriers to blending hydrogen in natural gas infrastructure and to study the greenhouse gas emissions of hydrogen blends. 的 $15 million research fund utilizes expertise and collaboration across industry partners, 研究联盟, 学术界和6个国家实验室致力于氢研究的关键领域. hjc黄金城官网参与HyBlend是R&D计划正在进行中，研究氢气的潜力.
通过能源影响合作伙伴进行创新
hjc黄金城官网是的创始合伙人和主席 能源影响合作伙伴, the utility-backed venture capital fund with over $2 billion in assets under management.的 fund conducts extensive research to identify emerging startup companies that are advancing new technologies or business model innovations of strategic relevance to the energy industry. Through our investment we collaborate with industry peers with the collective goal of finding solutions to drive new revenue growth, 提高运营效率，满足客户不断变化的能源需求.
