【头条新闻】英国太阳能发电击败煤炭发电量，传统能源首次被超越

More electricity has been generated from solar in the UK in a full day compared to coal for the first time according to analysis from Carbon Brief.

(PV-Tech讯)根据Carbon Brief的分析，英国在一整天内太阳能产生的电力首次超越煤炭。

The UK’s solar panels produced an estimated 29GWh of electricity on 9 April, beating the 21GWh generated from coal and providing 4% of the country’s usage. Sheffield Solar, a research project at the University of Sheffield supported by National Grid uses data from over 500 sites to estimate the current half hourly generation from PV systems in the UK, showed that Carbon Brief's findings were repeated on the following day when 39GWh was reportedly generated.

英国太阳能电池板在四月九日产生约29GWh的电力，击败煤炭21GWh的发电量，供应该国使用量的4%。由国家电网支持的谢菲尔德大学的一个研究项目Sheffield Solar，采用逾五百座电站的数据来估计英国光伏系统目前半个小时的发电量，显示第二天重复Carbon Brief的调查结果，据报道当天的发电量为39GWh。

The National Grid is unable to monitor real time figures for solar generation as this energy is not metered centrally. Carbon Brief compared data from Sheffield Solar and Gridwatch to reach its findings.

由于太阳能并非集中计量，所以国家电网无法监控太阳能发电的实时数据。Carbon Brief比较Sheffield Solar和Gridwatch的数据得出其结论。

Despite representing a first for the UK’s energy mix, Carbon Brief pointed out that this was a “largely symbolic” milestone as solar output has already regularly topped coal during the middle of the day. However, it is expected that this change in usage will become more prominent going into the summer months as energy consumption decreases.

尽管对于英国能源结构是首次，但是Carbon Brief指出，由于太阳能输出经常在一天中间时段超过煤炭，这“仅仅是一个象征性的”里程碑。然而，预计进入夏季月份，由于能源消耗减少，在使用中这一变化将变得更加突出。

High levels of solar generation have already continued since 9 April, with aggregated daily figures from Sheffield Solar showing 38GWh was generated from PV just yesterday (13 April). According to Aldous Everard, engineering manager for the Sheffield Solar Microgen Database, this trend is set to continue throughout the coming months.

自四月九日以来，一直持续高水平太阳能发电，Sheffield Solar汇总的每日数据显示，就在前天(四月十三日)光伏产生38GWh。根据Sheffield Solar Microgen Database的工程经理奥尔德斯·埃弗拉(Aldous Everard)，未来几个月这一趋势将持续。

Speaking to sister publication Solar Power Portal earlier today, he said: “Generation from solar will increase into the summer because there’s more sunshine but also there were a lot of installations done in the back end of last year and the beginning of this year as a result of the feed-in tariff cuts and the price reductions solar has seen.

在昨天早些时候接受姊妹刊物Solar Power Portal采访时，他表示：“进入夏季，由于日照更多，以及由于上网电价补贴削减和太阳能价格降低造就许多安装项目在去年年底及今年年初完成，太阳能发电将增加。”

'As a result we will see an increase over last years generation from solar and, as there is usually a decrease in overall energy use during summer, solar is likely to provide a greater proportion of the energy mix during those months.'

“因此，我们将看到太阳能发电增加，并且由于夏季整体能源使用量通常减少，太阳能可能在那些月份的能源结构中占更大比例。”

It has yet to surpass the fossil fuel across a full week or longer but data from 9 April puts on display the changing energy mix of the UK.

整整一周或更长时间太阳能都没有超越化石燃料，但是四月九日的数据展示出英国不断变化的能源结构。

While the huge surge in solar has been partly attributed to it overtaking coal, the ongoing shift away from the fossil fuel has been deemed to be the main cause. UK coal use has fallen considerably in recent years, culminating in energy minister Amber Rudd’s pledge to phase it out by 2025.

太阳能激增在一定程度上归因于其超越煤炭，而不断远离化石燃料被视作主要原因。英国煤炭使用量在最近几年大幅下降，最终能源部长安布尔·鲁德(Amber Rudd)承诺到2025年将其逐步淘汰。

In contrast, recent analysis by Finlay Colville, head of intelligence at Solar Media showed solar deployment has grown to over 10GW in the UK in a short space of time, generating 2.2% of the UK’s electricity in 2015 compared to almost 0% in 2011. Due to recent cuts to government subsidy across the board, a number of large scale sites and domestic PV systems were rushed to completion earlier this year.

相比之下，Solar Media情报负责人芬利·科尔维尔 (Finlay Colville)最近的分析显示，在非常短的时间内太阳能在英国的部署已经增长至超过10GW，2015年占英国电力的2.2%，而2011年几乎为零。由于最近全面削减政府补贴，许多大型电站及国内光伏系统急于在今年早些时候竣工。

This added significant amounts of new capacity to the grid and while reduced subsides are likely to see deployment slow, UK solar is still expected to increase throughout the year as the last large projects come online, the commercial rooftop sector continues to take off and wider use of PPAs is adopted.

这为电网增加大量新装机容量，而补贴削减可能看到部署放缓，由于最近大型项目并网，商业屋顶领域继续腾飞以及购电协议的广泛使用，仍预计英国太阳能在全年范围内将增加。

This means solar will continue to become a more important part of the UK energy mix, particularly as the growing generation being supplied to the grid could replace the reduced power being supplied by coal.

这意味着太阳将继续成为英国能源结构一个更重要的部分，尤其是由于为电网提供的发电量不断增长可取代煤炭提供的减少的电力。

Leonie Greene, head of external affairs at the UK's Solar Trade Association said: “Solar is highly reliable. It can be deployed rapidly and it can be accurately forecast. Analysts expect solar will attract a third of all energy investments globally until 2040, so it is set to play a major role in tackling climate change and delivering clean power.

英国太阳能行业协会的外事负责人莱奥妮·格林(Leonie Greene)表示：“太阳能具有高度可靠性。其可以迅速部署，可以准确预测。分析师预计，到2040年太阳能将吸引全球所有能源投资的三分之一，因此其将在应对气候变化以及提供清洁电力方面发挥主要作用。”

“It is also one of the cheapest major renewables and the most popular with the British public, so why the UK government has stepped back from supporting this winning technology is difficult to understand. Current policy needs an urgent rethink if we are serious about saving consumers money and transforming our power system at the pace climate change demands.'

“太阳能还是最廉价的主流可再生能源之一，在英国公众中最为流行，因此很难理解为何英国政府削减对这一成功技术的支持。如果我们认真为客户省钱并改变我们的电力系统应对气候变化需求，那么迫切需要重新考虑目前的政策。”

作者： David Pratt，Solar Media，PV-Tech.org