美国将审查德克萨斯州地下油田注水计划 - 彭博社

Plug Power Inc.表示，尽管一位关键共和党参议员要求审查美国能源部的资金支持，但该公司仍有望获得高达16.6亿美元的政府支持，用于建设氢气工厂。

“这只是华盛顿日常业务的一部分，”Plug首席执行官安迪·马什周二在一次会议上表示。“我们仍在计划之中。”

参议院能源委员会的共和党高级议员约翰·巴拉索上周要求该机构的检察长调查该计划及其主任吉加·沙阿，他是清洁技术行业的资深企业家，可能存在的不当行为。

彭博绿色美国将审查德克萨斯州地下油田注入计划厄瓜多尔在水电站停机后担心再次停电炎热天气来临时，工人生产力面临风险希腊疏散更多人员，野火吞噬财产阅读更多： 随着立法者寻求对美国能源部贷款进行质询，Sunnova股价暴跌

这一要求对Plug在美国建设多达六座氢气生产设施的计划构成威胁。这笔资金对该公司至关重要，因为在过去一年中，该公司在消耗流动性方面面临现金短缺。但马什表示，这项调查对Plug不构成问题。

“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.