据普氏能源资讯2019年5月15日伦敦报道，德国莱茵集团（RWE）旗下的子公司RWE供应和贸易公司负责创意和天然气供应的首席商务官安德里•斯特拉克在本周在阿姆斯特丹举行的Flame大会上表示，到2030年前，欧洲天然气发电需求的峰值可能会增加39%。
斯特拉克表示：“欧洲未来10年天然气发电需求将显著增加”，RWE供应和贸易公司对欧洲2030年天然气发电需求的预测相当于每年600亿至800亿立方米。
这个预测与RWE供应和贸易公司对2030年欧洲天然气总需求的预测相比较，后者预测为2270亿立方米/年，预计降幅为21%，同时还设定了1780亿-2750亿立方米/年的预估区间，而这一预测代表了最有可能的情景。
斯特拉克说：“从煤炭到天然气的转换是欧洲天然气发电需求增加的唯一途径。我们已经在从煤炭转向天然气的过程中，这个过程在过去两年中已经发生了。”
李峻 编译自 Platts
原文如下：
Peak gas-to-power demand in Europe could rise 39% by 2030: RWE
Peak gas-to-power demand in Europe could rise as much as 39% by 2030, according to Andree Stracke -- chief commercial officer for origination and gas supply at RWE Supply and Trading -- who addressed the Flame conference in Amsterdam this week.
In what Stracke said was a "significant increase in gas-to-power demand over the next 10 years", RWE's forecast for gas-fired generation in 2030 equates to 60-80 Bcm/year.
The forecast compared with RWE's projections for overall European gas demand in 2030, which amounted to 227 Bcm/year -- an anticipated drop of 21% -- while also setting an estimated range of 178-275 Bcm/year, with the forecast representing the most likely scenario.
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