继页岩气之后,可燃冰(甲烷水合物)成为新能源领域的又一热点。渴望告别能源“零自给”的日本近日高调宣布,已成功从近海可燃冰中分离出天然气;印度官方也透露,今年将尝试在东海岸开采可燃冰并提取天然气。考虑到全球可燃冰的庞大储量,如果这一潜在的新能源品种能大规模商用,势必极大改写全球天然气乃至能源的整体格局。在首度宣布成功分 Following shale gas, combustible ice (methane hydrate) has become another hot topic in the field of new energy. Japan, keen to bid farewell to energy and “zero self-sufficiency,” announced recently that it has succeeded in separating natural gas from offshore flammable ice. Officials in India also revealed that this year it will try to exploit combustible ice and extract natural gas on the east coast. Considering the huge reserves of combustible ice in the world, if this potential new energy variety can be commercially used on a large scale, it is bound to greatly rewrite the overall pattern of global natural gas and even energy. The first successful announcement was made