据今日油价5月27日报道，韩国公布了一项长期能源计划，从化石燃料和核能转向更多的可再生能源。

该计划设想，到2034年，可再生能源占韩国能源结构的比例将从目前的15.1%提高到40%。与此同时，液化天然气发电的所占的比重将从32.3%下降到31%。

与此同时，到2034年，所有30年寿命的燃煤电厂都将退役，大约有30家工厂，目前总共有60家在运营中。韩国媒体早些时候的一篇报道称，大约24家燃煤电厂将被转向天然气发电。

到2034年，核能所占比例也将大幅下降。目前，液化天然气是韩国能源结构中占比最大的一部分，其次是煤炭，占总量的27.1%。核能占能源生产的19.2%。到2030年，核电在能源结构中所占比例将下降至11.7%，到2034年将进一步下降至9.9%。到2030年，可再生能源的比例应该会上升到33.1%，四年后达到40%的目标。

尽管政府有远大的可再生能源目标，但对可再生能源的支持似乎是不成正比。一个非营利组织最近的一份报告显示，韩国对生物质能项目的补贴如此之大，以至于已经开始影响到太阳能和风能项目。

这份由首尔气候解决方案公司（Solutions for our Climate）撰写的报告表示，对生物质能的高额补贴导致了可再生能源证书价格的大幅下降，这使得公用事业公司在投资新的太阳能或风能发电能力时不得不三思而行。

可再生能源证书由政府颁发给包括可再生能源在内的公共事业机构。开发生物质能发电项目的公用事业公司比那些专注于太阳能和风能的公司获得了更多的直接投资。

这表明，这种转变不会一帆风顺，但对于亚洲和全球最大的能源进口国之一而言，这无疑是一个巨大的转变。

洪伟立 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

South Korea Embarks On An Ambitious Renewable Energy Plan

South Korea has made public a long-term energy plan that stipulates a shift to more renewable energy at the expense of fossil fuels and nuclear power.

The Korea Herald reports the plan envisages renewable power to rise to 40 percent of the country’s energy mix in 2034, up from 15.1 percent currently. In the meantime, the share of liquefied natural gas-fired power generation should decline from 32.3 percent to 31 percent.

At the same time, all coal-fired power plants whose 30-year lifecycles expire by 2034 will be retired. This makes about 30 plants, out a total of 60 currently in operation. An earlier report in Korean media said that some 24 coal-fired plants will be converted to gas.

The share of nuclear energy will also be reduced substantially by 2034.

Currently, LNG is the biggest portion of South Korea’s energy mix, followed by coal, at 27.1 percent of the total. Nuclear energy accounts for 19.2 percent of energy generation. By 2030, plans have nuclear’s share in the mix shrink to 11.7 percent, and then falling further to 9.9 percent by 2034. Also by 2030, the share of renewables should rise to 33.1 percent before hitting the 40-percent goal four years later.

Despite the government’s ambitious renewable energy goals, it appears its support for renewable energy source is disproportionate: a recent report from a nonprofit group suggests that South Korea is subsidizing biomass projects so heavily that it has begun to affect solar and wind.

The report, by Seoul-based Solutions for our Climate, said the heavy subsidies for biomass—which is considered carbon neutral by Korean legislation—have led to sharp declines in the price of renewable energy certificates, which has made utilities think twice about investing in new solar or wind power capacity. RECs are issued by the government to utilities that include renewables in their portfolio. Utilities developing biomass generation projects were getting a lot more RECs than those focusing on solar and wind.

This suggests the shift will not be smooth sailing, but it is certainly an ambitious shift for one of the largest energy importers in Asia and the world.