据3月16日Kallanish Energy报道，从上周发布的最新统计数据来看，英国可再生能源发电量在2019年第三季度首次超过天然气发电量。

2019年7月至9月的政府数据显示，可再生能源发电创下28.8太瓦时(TWh)的记录，同比增长16%。这也略高于该国占主导地位的发电燃料——天然气的发电量。

可再生能源发电占英国能源结构的39%，这得益于风力发电量的提高和可再生能源产能的增加。陆上风力发电量同比增长24%，海上风力发电量同比增长43%。

Etopia项目的创始人约瑟夫·丹尼尔斯(Joseph Daniels)说表示：“这是一个漫长的过程，对于国家来说，无疑是个重大的时刻，这个里程碑将第一次和第二次工业革命与目前正在进行的第三次工业革命区分开来。可再生能源的时代正在到来，这一创纪录的数字表明，我们已经准备好实现净零排放目标。”

随着英国逐步将煤炭从能源结构中剔除，英国的化石燃料发电量一直在下降。在此期间，这些燃料的价格下降了40.1%，这是官方调查历史上显示的最低值。

煤炭发电量下降61%，至0.7太瓦时，而天然气发电量仅下降1.2%，至29太瓦时。天然气仍然是英国第一大发电燃料，全国40个电站都使用天然气发电。

王佳晶 摘译自 Kallanish Energy

原文如下：

Renewables briefly surpass gas generation in UK

UK’s renewables power generation has surpassed natural gas for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2019, Kallanish Energy learns from new statistics released last week.

The July-September 2019 government data show that renewable sources broke a record generating 28.8 terawatt hour (TWh) of electricity – a 16% increase year-on-year. This was also marginally higher than the country’s dominant generation fuel: gas.

With a share of 39% of the British energy mix, generation from renewables benefitted from higher wind power production and increased renewables capacity. Onshore wind generation was up 24% and offshore up 43% y-o-y.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Joseph Daniels, founder of Project Etopia. “It represents a huge significant moment for the country. This milestone is one that separates the first and second industrial revolutions from the third that is unfolding right now.”

“The renewables era is well underway, and this record-setting figure signals that we are geared up to meet net zero emission targets,” he added.

The UK’s fossil fuel power generation has been declining as the country phases coal out of the energy mix. These fuel types have declined 40.1% in the period – the lowest value in the history of government tracking.

But while coal generation declined 61% to 0.7TWh, gas generation was only down by 1.2% at 29TWh. Natural gas remains the UK’s No. 1 generation fuel, producing electricity in 40 stations nationwide.