据彭博社2月13日消息称，洛杉矶将放弃一项耗资数十亿美元重建三座天然气发电厂的计划。目前该市正努力实现全部电力来自可再生能源。

根据市长Eric Garcetti周二发表的一份声明，到2029年，该市将逐步淘汰占该市天然气投资组合38%的三个机组。此举推翻了该城市公用事业公司此前延长沿海燃气发电机使用寿命的决定，标志着加州在摆脱化石燃料的道路上又迈出了一步。

Garcetti在声明中表示：“这是洛杉矶天然气供应结束的开始，气候危机要求我们更快地采取行动，结束对化石燃料的依赖，这就是今天的意义所在。”

天然气发电机正在成为加利福尼亚州的濒危物种，该州已设定目标，到2045年，所有电力都来自无碳能源。去年，州监管机构批准了PG＆E公司部署电池储能系统的计划，该计划将取代Calpine公司旗下的三个燃气机组。美国能源公司NRG能源公司去年取消了在南加州海岸修建一座新天然气设施的计划，此前该州一家机构提出反对批准该计划。

Garcetti周二表示，他希望洛杉矶能够实现所有的电力都来自可再生能源，并指示该市的电力和水利部研究如何实现这一目标。该市曾估计这三个机组将需要150亿美元的升级，以满足有关用水的新环保规定。

曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社

原文如下：

California Puts Another Nail in Coffin for Fossil-Fuel Plants

Los Angeles will ditch a plan to spend billions rebuilding three natural gas-fired power plants as the city moves toward getting all of its electricity from renewable energy.

The city will phase out the three units that together represent 38 percent of the city’s natural gas portfolio by 2029, according to a statement Tuesday by Mayor Eric Garcetti. The move reverses an earlier decision by the city’s utility to extend the life of the coastal gas generators and marks another step in California’s march toward weening itself from fossil fuels.

“This is the beginning of the end of natural gas in Los Angeles,” Garcetti said in the statement. “The climate crisis demands that we move more quickly to end dependence on fossil fuel, and that’s what today is all about.”

Natural gas generators are becoming an endangered species in California, which has set a goal of getting all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045. Last year, state regulators approved a plan for PG&E Corp. to deploy battery energy-storage systems that will replace three gas-fired units owned by Calpine Corp. Power producer NRG Energy Inc. pulled the plug last year on a plan to build a new gas facility on the Southern California coast after a state agency filed a recommendation against granting a permit.

Garcetti said Tuesday he wants Los Angeles to move toward getting all of its power from renewable sources and directed the city’s Department of Power & Water to study how to achieve it. The city had estimated the three units would require $15 billion in upgrades to meet new environmental rules regarding water use.