中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯11月1日消息，美国能源情报署(EIA)表示，天然气价格高企导致2021年电力公司几年来首次减少用于发电的天然气使用量，因为这些公司转而更多地依赖价格更便宜的煤炭。美国能源情报署表示：“电力行业是美国最大的天然气消费行业，其天然气使用量的下降推动了总使用量的下降，2021年美国电力行业天然气使用量下降了3%，扭转了该行业四年来的年度增长。2021年天然气价格高企，使天然气成为竞争力较弱的燃料，特别是与煤炭相比，2021年发电用煤价保持相对稳定。”
庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下：
Natural Gas Demand from Power Companies Fell in 2021
High natural gas prices caused power companies to reduce usage of the energy source to generate electricity for the first time in several years in 2021 as the companies instead relied more on cheaper-priced coal, says the US government agency EIA. "The decline in natural gas used in the electric power sector, the largest U.S. natural gas-consuming sector, drove the total decline, falling by 3% in 2021 and reversing four years of annual growth in the sector," the EIA says. "High natural gas prices in 2021 made natural gas a less competitive fuel, particularly compared with coal; coal prices for electricity generators remained relatively stable in 2021."
