英国二季度液化天然气进口增长8%

据9月28日Kallanish Energy报道，2020年第二季度，英国液化天然气(LNG)进口继续增长，同比增长8.2%。

英国商业、能源和工业战略部门的2020年《2020年第二季度能源趋势报告》详细说明，今年第二季度的液化天然气进口量为56.2亿立方米，较2019年同期的51.9亿立方米同比增长8.2%。

尽管液化天然气进口有所增长，但2020年第二季度英国天然气进口量同比下降23%，从112.3亿立方米降至87.1亿立方米。由于受到新冠肺炎疫情发影响，需求同比下降16.1%。

第二季度，液化天然气进口量占英国天然气进口总量的65%，打破了2011年第二季度62%的纪录。在此期间，通过管道从挪威进口的天然气大幅减少，与2019年第二季度的60.4亿立方米相比，下降了49%，至30.9亿立方米，主要原因是通过英国-挪威管道的天然气流量严重减少，以及一些基础设施的维护工作影响。

第二季度从卡塔尔进口的液化天然气总量为44亿立方米，同比增长10.3%，2019年第二季度进口量为40亿立方米，这是在2010-2011年的寒冬和2014年福岛灾难对全球液化天然气市场的影响之后，英国对卡塔尔液化天然气的进口量第三次超过对挪威液化天然气的进口量。

与此同时，二季度英国可再生能源发电(风能、太阳能光伏、水能和生物能源)的份额从2019年同期的35.6%上升到44.6%。

王佳晶 摘译自 Kallanish Energy

原文如下：

UK LNG imports increase 8% in Q2

The UK’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) continued to rise in the second quarter of 2020, rising 8.2% compared to the same period last year, Kallanish Energy reports.

The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s Energy Trends report for Q2 2020 details the LNG imported during second quarter this year was 5.62 billion cubic meters (Bcm),a year-over-year increase of 8.2% compared to same period in 2019 (5.19 Bcm).

Despite the increase of LNG imports, total natural gas imports to the UK fell by 23% y-o-y during Q2 2020, from 11.23 Bcm to 8.71 Bcm. The decrease was attributed to lower demand, which fell by 16.1% y-o-y during the quarter due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

LNG imports accounted for 65% of total UK gas imports during the second quarter, beating the previous record of 62% set in Q2 2011. Gas imports from Norway via pipeline saw a sharp decrease during the period, falling by 49% y-o-y to 3.09 Bcm compared to Q2 2019 (6.04 Bcm), primarily due to severely reduced flows via the UK-Norway Langeled pipeline and “maintenance works that have been taking place on that infrastructure.”

Imports of LNG from Qatar totalled 4.4 Bcm during second-quarter, representing a 10.3% y-o-y increase (Q2 2019: 4.0 Bcm), exceeding imports from Norway for only the third time following “notably cold winter of 2010-2011 and the impact of the Fukushima disaster on global LNG markets in 2014.”

Meanwhile, the renewables share of UK electricity generation (wind, solar photovoltaic, hydro and bioenergy) increased from 35.6% in the second quarter of 2019 to 44.6% in the second quarter this year, partly due to increased capacity.