阿联酋拟斥1630亿美元巨资投资可再生能源

阿联酋拟斥1630亿美元巨资投资可再生能源

2017-01-12  新华社  http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2017-01/12/c_129441879.htm

　　阿拉伯联合酋长国说，计划向可再生能源项目投资１６３０亿美元，力争阿联酋半数能源需求来自可再生能源。

　　作为产油大国，阿联酋期望到２０５０年接近实现上述目标，称想要在经济需求和环境目标之间实现平衡。

　　石油输出国组织（欧佩克）数据显示，阿联酋日均产油大约２９９万桶，日均出口石油大约２４４万桶。

　　阿联酋总理谢赫穆罕默德·本·拉希德·阿勒马克图姆说，希望到２０５０年，阿联酋４４％能源需求来自可再生能源，３８％来自天然气，１２％来自更为清洁的石化能源，６％来自核能。

　　他在微博客网站推特上写道：“那些不思考能源的人，心中没有未来。阿联酋在草拟统一的国家能源战略方面取得进展。”

　　阿联酋人均碳排放量在全球排名颇为靠前。据世界银行人均碳排放量排行榜，阿联酋排第八位，低于其他海湾国家如卡塔尔、科威特和巴林。

　　在发展可再生能源领域，迪拜和阿布扎比走在其他酋长国的前面。

　　去年６月，迪拜宣布计划建立大型太阳能电厂，预计２０３０年完工。这座电厂预计发电量可达１０００兆瓦，有望满足迪拜２５％的电力需求。

　　２０１３年，阿布扎比大型太阳能电站竣工，当时号称全球最大。这一电站可为两万个家庭输电。

　　与此同时，韩国企业正在阿布扎比附近建设４座核反应堆。到２０２０年，这些核反应堆的发电量有望达到１４００兆瓦。

　　英国广播公司（ＢＢＣ）１０日报道，中东地区其他国家中，摩洛哥、突尼斯和也门去年１１月承诺，到２０５０年将仅使用可再生能源。（卜晓明）（新华社专特稿）

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UAE invests £134bn in renewables in push to reach 50% clean energy target

Oil-rich Gulf state has pledged that half of its energy will be generated from renewable sources by 2050

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/uae-invest-134-billion-renewable-energy-oil-and-gas-producer-clean-energy-target-a7522086.html

• Bethan McKernan Beirut 12 January 2017

The United Arab Emirates is investing $163bn (£134bn) in clean energy projects to ensure that half of the country’s power needs are generated from renewable sources by 2050.

“Our aim is to balance our economic needs with our environmental goals,” the UAE’S Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said unveiling the new energy strategy on Tuesday.

“He who does not think of energy is not thinking about the future. The UAE government has made an achievement in drawing up a unified energy strategy for the country."

The UAE is a major oil exporter - but also, given its Arabian Gulf location, has considerable solar power potential. 

Several Middle Eastern countries -  such as Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE - are trying to shift away from both their economic and domestic energy reliance on oil, after prices fell by more than half last year.

By 2050, Mr Maktoum said, hopefully 44 per cent of the country’s energy usage would come from renewable sources, 38 per cent from gas, 12 per cent from cleaner fossil fuel, and six per cent from nuclear power.

Currently, the UAE ranks eighth on the World Bank’s list of greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions per capita. 

Dubai and Abu Dhabi - the country’s major cities - have previously led green initiatives to wean the country off dependence on fossil fuels. 

In 2013 Abu Dhabi managed to move 20,000 homes onto a solar power grid, and started work on four planned nuclear reactors. 

In June 2016, Dubai announced the creation of a solar power plant, to be completed by 2030.