6月4日路透社報道，IEA表示受疫情影響，能源行業的投資將創下歷史新低。

IEA在其能源投資年度報告中估計，隨著全球能源需求下滑，能源企業開支大幅削減，能源投資比2019年將下降約五分之一，約近4000億美元。

IEA主任法蒂赫?比羅爾表示：“所有能源部門包括石油、天然氣、可再生能源都受到影響，但受到最大影響的是頁巖油。我們預計今年全球對油氣資源總投資將下降三分之一，而頁巖行業將下降約50%。”

但是報告稱今年可再生能源項目支出預計僅下降10%左右，并在能源投資總額中的份額預計上升。

詹曉晶摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Energy industry investment to plunge by $400bn —IEA

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised fears that the energy industry is set to suffer a record drop in investment due to the COVID-19 fallout.

The IEA noted that renewables are likely to fare better than oil and that any swift economic recovery could create a global fuel crunch.

In its annual report on energy investments, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated the plunge will be of the order of one-fifth from 2019 levels, or almost $400 billion, as firms slash spending amid slumping demand for energy.

Shale oil producers that catapulted the United States to the world’s top crude nation stand to suffer the worst decline, the IEA said.

“All the energy sectors oil, gas, renewables everything is affected but the biggest impact is on shale oil,” the agency’s director Fatih Birol told AFP in an interview.

“Total oil investments we expect to decline one third this year whereas the shale industry will see a decline of about 50 percent.”

However, spending in renewable power projects is expected to fall by only around 10 percent for the year, the report said.

“Even though this ‘clean’ spending is set to dip in 2020, its share in total energy investment is set to rise,” it noted.