據油價網7月6日報道，英國政府周三向議會提交了能源安全法案，該法案并未明確確認英國承諾在2024年10月之前停止使用煤炭。

彭博社指出，該法案的目標是“提供更清潔、更實惠和更安全的能源系統”，但沒有提及煤炭，而能源、商業和工業戰略部的發言人也沒有立即提及回應彭博社的評論。

英國去年表示，將把停止使用煤炭發電的目標提前1年至2024年10月，作為其領導世界應對氣候變化目標的一部分。英國還試圖在去年秋天在格拉斯哥舉行的COP-26氣候峰會上說服各國承諾盡快放棄煤炭。

由于風能在該國發電中獲得了巨大的市場份額，英國在過去十年中削減了煤炭使用量。系統運營商國家電網ESO表示，周一，英國的電力沒有煤炭來源。

然而，歐洲的天然氣和能源危機以及英國的生活成本危機以及能源費用飆升可能促使政府沒有再次明確承諾在兩年內停止使用煤炭。

根據國家電網ESO的數據，周一天然氣占發電量的最大份額為35.6%，超過風能的34.0%。

盡管英國北海生產大量天然氣，但英國在冬季也依賴從挪威進口的天然氣以及通過比利時和荷蘭的互連線進口天然氣。整個英國都將感受到當前歐洲大陸天然氣和能源危機的惡化，那里的客戶已經在努力應對生活成本的飆升和四十年來最高的通貨膨脹。

據英國《金融時報》上周報道，英國還在考慮根據一項緊急計劃切斷通過兩條連接歐洲大陸的天然氣供應，該計劃將在英國嚴重天然氣短缺的情況下觸發。

黎泱 編譯自 油價網

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.