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欧盟将电气化置于能源战略核心,与此同时,碳氢化合物进口费用飙升

-- 欧盟周三在一份报告中指出,自伊朗战争爆发以来,欧盟能源进口成本已增加240亿欧元(约合281.9亿美元),这一数字仅反映价格上涨,并未增加进口量。 欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩认为,发展本土可再生能源是保障能源安全的长远之计。欧盟委员会正提出一系列措施,以减轻冲突对能源的影响。 虽然此前已提及部分措施,但其中一项值得关注的举措是“电气化行动计划”。该计划包含雄心勃勃的电气化目标,并旨在消除工业、交通和建筑领域的电气化障碍。 此外,该计划还计划建立一个“燃料观测站”,对欧盟运输燃料的生产、进口、出口和库存水平进行统计追踪,以便更轻松地预测燃料短缺,并在需要时做好紧急库存释放的准备。 欧盟委员会还将通过一项国家援助临时框架,放宽各国政府向特别脆弱的国内产业提供援助的规则。 在消费者层面,措施可能包括有针对性的收入支持计划和能源券,以及降低弱势家庭的电力消费税。 欧盟委员会表示,在电力需求不断增长的当下,用更现代化、更高效、通常也更大的风力涡轮机改造或替换风力涡轮机“可以提供急需的额外缓解”。 欧盟委员会还将提出一项关于网络收费和税收的法案,以确保电力的税收低于化石燃料。 声明称,由欧盟成员国国家元首组成的欧洲理事会将于周四和周五在塞浦路斯举行一次非正式会议,会议内容将包括能源问题。 欧盟委员会还将组织一次清洁能源投资峰会,具体日期尚未确定,届时将汇聚机构投资者、行业领袖、项目开发商和公共融资机构。 此次活动的目的是加快融资,预计每年需要 6600 亿欧元的投资,以完成欧盟的能源转型。

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