據阿拉伯貿易5月1日消息稱，國際能源機構(IEA)的數據顯示，到2020年，全球能源總需求將下降6%，是2008年全球金融危機后降幅的7倍。

一份名為《國際能源署全球能源評估》的新報告稱，電力需求將下降5%。

該報告稱，從絕對意義上講，下降幅度是前所未有的，相當于失去了全球第三大能源消費國印度的全部能源需求。

發達經濟體的降幅預計最大，美國和歐盟的需求將分別下降9%和11%。

國際能源署執行董事Fatih Birol表示：“這是對整個能源世界的歷史性沖擊。在當今空前的健康全球公共衛生危機中，幾乎所有主要燃料的需求急劇下降，尤其是煤炭、石油和天然氣。只有可再生能源在之前聞所未聞的用電量下降期間還能堅持下去。”

Birol稱：“現在確定長期影響還為時過早，但此次危機過后的能源行業將與以往大不相同。”

報告顯示，停工期間電力使用的變化導致總體電力需求大幅下降。

同時，停工措施正在推動向低碳電力的重大轉變，，包括風能、太陽能光伏發電、水力發電和核能。

IEA報告稱，繼2019年首次超過煤炭之后，低碳能源將在今年擴大其領先地位，達到全球發電量的40％，比煤炭領先6個百分點。

它補充說，由于2019年和2020年初完成的新項目的推動，風能和太陽能光伏發電量將在2020年繼續增加。

曹海斌 摘譯自 阿拉伯貿易

原文如下：

Global energy demand to fall 6pc in 2020, says IEA report

Overall global energy demand will fall 6 per cent in 2020 – seven times the decline after the 2008 global financial crisis, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The demand for electricity is set to decline by 5 per cent, according to a new report ‘the IEA’s Global Energy Review’.

In absolute terms, the decline is unprecedented – the equivalent of losing the entire energy demand of India, the world’s third largest energy consumer, the report said.

Advanced economies are expected to see the biggest declines, with demand set to fall by 9 per cent in the US and by 11 per cent in the European Union.

"This is a historic shock to the entire energy world. Amid today’s unparalleled health and economic crises, the plunge in demand for nearly all major fuels is staggering, especially for coal, oil and gas. Only renewables are holding up during the previously unheard-of slump in electricity use," said Dr. Fatih Birol, the IEA Executive Director.

"It is still too early to determine the longer-term impacts, but the energy industry that emerges from this crisis will be significantly different from the one that came before," Birol said.

Changes to electricity use during lockdowns have resulted in significant declines in overall electricity demand, the report revealed.

At the same time, lockdown measures are driving a major shift towards low-carbon sources of electricity including wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), hydropower and nuclear.

After overtaking coal for the first time ever in 2019, low-carbon sources are set to extend their lead this year to reach 40 percent of global electricity generation – 6 percentage points ahead of coal, said the IEA report.

Electricity generation from wind and solar PV continues to increase in 2020, lifted by new projects that were completed in 2019 and early 2020, it added.