据普氏能源资讯12月15日东京报道,Eclipse能源公司本周发布的最新研究报告表明,受到日本核电站的重新启动、不断增长的可再生能源以及缓慢的经济增长的影响,预计日本的液化天然气(LNG)消费量将在2020年前同比2014年水平下降10.5%。
根据Eclipse能源公司,日本LNG需求量将从2014年达到的8600万吨记录,在2020年前下降到7700万吨。
今年前10个月,日本购买的LNG数量比去年同期减少了300万吨。
日本10大电力公司之一的九州电力公司在8月份和10月份在仙台先后重新启动了两个890兆瓦的核电站,从而结束日本自2013年9月以来长达23个月的无核电期。
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原文如下:
Japan LNG demand expected to fall by 2020 on nuclear restarts, renewables
Tokyo (Platts)--15 Dec 2015
Restart of nuclear reactors in Japan, growing renewable sources of energy and a slow economy are expected to push down the country's LNG consumption by 2020 by as much as 10.5% from 2014 levels, Eclipse Energy said this week.
Japan's LNG demand is expected to drop to 77 million mt by 2020 from a record 86 million mt reached in 2014, according to Eclipse, an analytics unit of Platts.
In 2015 itself, Japan bought 3 million mt less LNG in the first 10 months compared with a year earlier.
Kyushu Electric restarted its two 890 MW nuclear reactors at Sendai in August and October, ending Japan's 23 months of nuclear-free period since September 2013.