据路透社新加坡报道，新加坡一位政府高级官员表示，天然气将继续在新加坡发电方面发挥主导作用，而国家计划在未来十年内加速使用可再生能源，主要是太阳能，以应对气候变化。
随着化石燃料的使用，安装太阳能的成本变得更具竞争力，使其作为一种能源在减少污染和实现排放目标方面更具吸引力。
新加坡贸易和工业部长陈振声周二在新加坡国际能源周上表示：“我们现在面临着气候变化方面新的紧迫的挑战。”
他补充说，新加坡是一个地势低洼的国家，容易受到海平面上升的影响，同时由于气候变化的影响，天气也变得越来越热，降雨也越来越重。然而，新加坡几乎没有替代能源选择。我们的陆地面积有限，没有水电和地热资源，风速也很低。为了应对这些挑战，新加坡计划扩大太阳能的使用，目标为，到2030年，太阳能发电能力的峰值至少为2千兆瓦，这相当于新加坡目前电力需求峰值的10%以上。
除了在建筑物上安装更多的太阳能电池板外，新加坡还计划将新加坡水库的浮动太阳能组件容量从目前计划约160兆瓦的峰值提高一倍，并制定解决方案，如将太阳能电池板整合到建筑物的垂直表面。
他说，该国还计划在2025年以后部署200兆瓦的能源储存系统，以增加太阳能发电。
他说：“我们预计，在未来10年内，太阳能以及能源储存系统将与目前的燃气轮机实现成本平价。”
不过，他补充说，在近期，天然气将继续成为新加坡的主要燃料，因为需要时间来扩大发电的替代能源。
陈说，新加坡计划使天然气来源多样化，并将继续发挥其作为LNG交易中心的作用。
他补充说，该国还在研究建造第二个LNG进口终端的计划，并将考虑发放更多的进口许可证。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
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Singapore to stick with natural gas power for time being, expand solar use
Natural gas will continue to play a dominant role in generating electricity in Singapore while the state plans to accelerate the use of renewable energy, primarily solar power, in the next decade to battle climate change, a senior government official said.
The cost of installing solar power has become more competitive with the use of fossil fuels, making it more attractive as an energy source to reduce pollution and meet emission targets.
“We are now faced with new and urgent challenges in climate change,” Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said at Singapore International Energy Week on Tuesday.
Singapore, a low-lying country, is vulnerable to rising sea levels while its weather has also become hotter and rainfalls are heavier due to the effects of climate change, he added.
“However, Singapore has few alternative energy options. We have limited land area, no hydro or geothermal resources and low wind speeds,” Chan said.
To address these challenges, Singapore aims to widen the use of solar power in the city state, targeting at least 2-gigawatt (GW) peak of solar power capacity by 2030, which is equivalent to more than 10% of the country’s peak electricity demand today, he said.
Besides putting more solar panels on buildings, Singapore plans to double the capacity of floating solar modules in Singapore’s water reservoirs from current plans of around a 160 megawatt (MW) peak and develop solutions such as integrating solar panels on vertical surfaces of buildings, Chan said.
The city state also plans to deploy 200 MW of energy storage systems (ESS) beyond 2025 to augment solar power generation, he said.
“Over the next 10 years, we expect solar with ESS to reach cost-parity with current gas turbines,” he said.
Still, he added that natural gas will continue to be the dominant fuel for Singapore in the near future due to the time needed to scale up alternative sources for power generation.
Singapore plans to diversify the sources of natural gas into the country and it will continue to develop its role as a trading hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Chan said.
The country is also studying plans to build a second LNG import terminal and will look at issuing more import licenses, he added.
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