据油价网11月30日消息称，到2028年，覆盖英国14个本地网络的6家配电网络公司将有266亿美元(222亿英镑)的投资，以使本地电网更具弹性，并容纳越来越多的可再生电力份额。
配电网络运营商曾要求在2023年至2028年的五年期间获得302亿美元(255亿英镑)的资金，但英国能源监管机构Ofgem周三宣布了对配电网络公司的五年投资计划，这比公司要求的低11.8%，相当于266亿美元。
Ofgem表示，这些公司将投资这笔资金，以“帮助提供更便宜、更清洁、更可靠的本地电网，而无需向消费者支付额外费用”。
监管机构指出：“该计划的一个关键要求是，网络将投资重点放在支持摆脱对进口化石燃料的高度依赖，转向使用更本土、更清洁、更廉价和更安全的能源上。”
Ofgem预计，未来几年英国能源系统将发生重大变化，涉及可再生能源的增加、对电动汽车（EV）的需求增加、智能技术的使用增加，以及消费者在能源需求低时从电动汽车电池等来源将电力卖回电网的潜力。
对电网的投资不会让英国用户在他们已经支付的基础上花费更多的钱，当地电网的平均网络成本保持在每个账单支付人120美元(100英镑)左右。
“随着风能和太阳能等国产清洁可再生能源被证明比昂贵的进口天然气更便宜，能源经济已经发生了转变。”Ofgem供应组基础设施和安全临时主管Akshay Kaul说。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
UK Approves $26.6 Billion Power Grid Investment To Expand Renewable Capacity
Six electricity distribution network companies, covering fourteen local networks in the UK, will have $26.6 billion (£22.2 billion) to invest by 2028 to make the local grids more resilient and host growing shares of renewable electricity.
The distribution network operators had asked for $30.2 billion (£25.2 billion) in funding for the five-year period between 2023 and 2028, but the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem announced>The companies will invest the funding “to help deliver cheaper, cleaner, more reliable local grids at no extra cost to consumers,” Ofgem said.
“A key requirement of the plan will be for networks to focus the investment>Ofgem expects major changes in the UK’s energy system over the next few years related to the rise in renewable electricity sources, higher demand for electric vehicles (EVs), increased use of smart technologies, and the potential for consumers to sell electricity back to the grid when energy demand is low, from sources such as EV batteries
The investment in the grids will not cost UK customers any more than they are paying already, with the average network costs for local electricity grids remaining at around $120 (£100) per billpayer.
“The economics of energy have shifted with home-grown cleaner renewables like wind and solar energy proving cheaper than costly imported gas,” said Akshay Kaul, Ofgem Interim Director, Infrastructure and Security of Supply Group.
