据世界天然气7月30日报道，西班牙液化天然气接收站运营商Enagás报告称，由于7月天然气发电需求激增，西班牙天然气需求大幅增长。

Enagás表示，西班牙的电力需求较去年同期增长了45%，原因是发电需求急剧增加。发电用天然气需求达到578 GWh，是2010年以来的最高夏季数据。这一记录是由于热浪影响西班牙造成的高温记录的结果，导致了空调系统的大量使用。

发电用天然气需求的增加是在天然气价格更具竞争力的背景下，为了填补能源缺口，在煤炭上更多地使用天然气的结果，以及低水力发电的结果。与2018年同期相比，今年至今天然气需求增长了12.6%，主要是发电用气消耗的结果，增长了近84%。

西班牙天然气使用量的增加也受到工业需求强劲表现的影响，工业需求持续增长3-4%。

美国国家气象局预测，本周剩余时间内气温将出现峰值，这意味着这些新的记录很可能会被打破。

邹勤 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Spanish natural gas demand spikes in July

Spanish LNG terminal operator, Enagás reported that the natural gas demand in Spain has grown significantly on the back of soaring demand for natural gas for power generation in July.

The demand in Spain has grown by 45 percent compared to the same month last year driven by a sharp increase in demand for power generation, Enagás said.

Demand for natural gas for power generation reached 578 GWh, the highest summer figure since 2010. This record was the result of the high temperatures recorded owing to the heat wave affecting Spain, resulting in greater use of air conditioning systems.

The increase in demand for natural gas for power generation is the result of greater use of natural gas over coal to fill the energy gap, in a context of more competitive prices for natural gas, and of low hydroelectricity generation.

Demand for natural gas for the year to date has grown by 12.6 percent compared to the same period of 2018, mainly the consequence of gas consumption for power generation, which has grown by close to 84 percent.

The increase in the use of gas in Spain is also influenced by the strong performance in industrial demand, which has been recording sustained growth of 3-4 percent.

The State Meteorological Agency forecasts a spike in temperatures for the rest of the week, meaning that these new records could well be broken.