據(jù)油價(jià)網(wǎng)7月6日?qǐng)?bào)道，英國(guó)政府周三向議會(huì)提交了能源安全法案，該法案并未明確確認(rèn)英國(guó)承諾在2024年10月之前停止使用煤炭。

彭博社指出，該法案的目標(biāo)是“提供更清潔、更實(shí)惠和更安全的能源系統(tǒng)”，但沒(méi)有提及煤炭，而能源、商業(yè)和工業(yè)戰(zhàn)略部的發(fā)言人也沒(méi)有立即提及回應(yīng)彭博社的評(píng)論。

英國(guó)去年表示，將把停止使用煤炭發(fā)電的目標(biāo)提前1年至2024年10月，作為其領(lǐng)導(dǎo)世界應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化目標(biāo)的一部分。英國(guó)還試圖在去年秋天在格拉斯哥舉行的COP-26氣候峰會(huì)上說(shuō)服各國(guó)承諾盡快放棄煤炭。

由于風(fēng)能在該國(guó)發(fā)電中獲得了巨大的市場(chǎng)份額，英國(guó)在過(guò)去十年中削減了煤炭使用量。系統(tǒng)運(yùn)營(yíng)商國(guó)家電網(wǎng)ESO表示，周一，英國(guó)的電力沒(méi)有煤炭來(lái)源。

然而，歐洲的天然氣和能源危機(jī)以及英國(guó)的生活成本危機(jī)以及能源費(fèi)用飆升可能促使政府沒(méi)有再次明確承諾在兩年內(nèi)停止使用煤炭。

根據(jù)國(guó)家電網(wǎng)ESO的數(shù)據(jù)，周一天然氣占發(fā)電量的最大份額為35.6%，超過(guò)風(fēng)能的34.0%。

盡管英國(guó)北海生產(chǎn)大量天然氣，但英國(guó)在冬季也依賴從挪威進(jìn)口的天然氣以及通過(guò)比利時(shí)和荷蘭的互連線進(jìn)口天然氣。整個(gè)英國(guó)都將感受到當(dāng)前歐洲大陸天然氣和能源危機(jī)的惡化，那里的客戶已經(jīng)在努力應(yīng)對(duì)生活成本的飆升和四十年來(lái)最高的通貨膨脹。

據(jù)英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》上周報(bào)道，英國(guó)還在考慮根據(jù)一項(xiàng)緊急計(jì)劃切斷通過(guò)兩條連接歐洲大陸的天然氣供應(yīng)，該計(jì)劃將在英國(guó)嚴(yán)重天然氣短缺的情況下觸發(fā)。

黎泱 編譯自 油價(jià)網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Energy Crisis Could Force The UK To Keep Using Coal

The UK government introduced to Parliament on Wednesday the Energy Security Bill, a proposed legislation that does not explicitly confirm the UK’s pledge to end coal use by October 2024.

The bill, the goal of which is to “deliver a cleaner, more affordable, and more secure energy system,” doesn’t mention coal, Bloomberg notes, while a spokesperson for the Department of Energy, Business and Industrial Strategy didn’t immediately respond to Bloomberg for comment.

The UK said last year it would bring forward its target to end coal use in electricity generation by one year, to October 2024, as part of its aim to lead the world in tackling climate change. The UK also tried to persuade countries in the COP-26 climate summit in Glasgow last autumn to pledge to ditch coal as soon as possible.

The UK has slashed coal use in the past decade as wind power has gained a massive market share in the country’s electricity generation. On Monday, no power generated in Britain came from coal, system operator National Grid ESO said.

However, the gas and energy crisis in Europe and the cost-of-living crisis in the UK with soaring energy bills may have prompted the government to not explicitly pledge again an end to coal in two years’ time.

Natural gas held the largest share of power generation on Monday, at 35.6%, more than wind with 34.0%, according to National Grid ESO.

Although the UK North Sea produces a lot of gas, Britain also relies on imports from Norway and gas imports via interconnectors from Belgium and the Netherlands during the winter months. A worsening of the current gas and energy crisis in mainland Europe would be felt throughout the UK, where customers are already grappling with a surge in the cost of living and the highest inflation in forty years.

The UK is also considering cutting off gas supply via two interconnectors to mainland Europe under an emergency plan that would be triggered in case of severe gas shortages in Britain, the Financial Times reported last week.