西班牙天然气需求触十年来新高

据世界天然气网站12月31日消息 西班牙液化天然气终端运营商Enagás报告称，截止2019年底，西班牙天然气需求较上年增长14%，达到398太瓦时，为2010年以来的最高值。

Enagás在声明中表示，这一增长主要是由于发电用天然气需求异常旺盛和工业消费增加。

2019年发电用天然气需求较上年增长约80%，达到111太瓦时，为2010年以来最高纪录。这一强劲增长的主要原因是：在天然气价格更具竞争力的背景下，天然气在热能缺口中所占份额高于煤炭，以及今年水力发电量相对较低。

工业需求占天然气总消费量的54%左右，达到214太瓦时，比上年增长2%左右，这是自收集工业消费分类数据以来所记录的最高数字。几乎所有工业部门的需求都在增长，尤其是服务业。

2019年天然气总需求增长最大的地区是纳瓦尔（65%）、阿斯图里亚斯（36%）和加利西亚（34%）。

在液化天然气储存量高、价格低于其他欧洲国家的背景下，西班牙在今年最后两个月通过比利牛斯山脉增加了对欧洲的天然气出口。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Spanish natural gas demand hits highest figures since 2010

Spanish LNG terminal operator, Enagás reported that the demand for natural gas in Spain ended 2019 with the growth of 14 percent over the previous year, reaching 398 TWh, the highest figure since 2010.

This increase was mainly due to extraordinarily high demand for natural gas for electricity generation and higher industrial consumption, Enagás said in its statement.

Demand for natural gas for power generation in 2019 grew by about 80 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 111 TWh, the highest figure recorded since 2010. This strong increase was mainly due to a greater share of natural gas in the thermal gap over coal – in a context where natural gas prices are more competitive – and to low hydroelectric power generation this year.

Industrial demand, which accounts for approximately 54 percent of total natural gas consumption, reached 214 TWh, an increase of about 2 percent over that of the previous year. This is the highest figure ever recorded since disaggregated data for industrial consumption has been collected. Demand grew in almost all industrial sectors, particularly in the services sector.

The regions where total natural gas demand increased the most in 2019 were Navarre (+65 percent), Asturias (+36 percent) and Galicia (+34 percent).

In a context of high levels of liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and lower prices than in other European countries, Spain increased its natural gas exports to Europe via the Pyrenees in the last two months of the year.