南非加入国际能源署成为最新成员国

中国石化新闻网讯 据《世界石油》11月6日开普敦报道，南非6日加入了国际能源署（IEA），成为了IEA的一个成员国，此举意味着非洲大陆最具活力国家之一的南非进入了IEA，这将对全球能源治理起到重大推动作用。

南非能源部长杰夫·拉德贝和国际能源署署长法提赫·比罗尔博士在南非首都开普敦举行的非洲石油周会议间隙共同宣布了这一消息。

比罗尔博士说：“南非加入IEA大家庭对我们机构来说是一个重要里程碑，它把全球能源政策的一个重要的新兴领导者带到了我们的会议桌旁。我们能够指望来自撒哈拉以南非洲的强大而积极的声音来丰富我们的全球政策交流，从而使IEA比以往任何时候都更具代表性和全球性。这是世界上对我来说特别重要的一个地区，IEA在那里工作了很长时间。

作为非洲大陆最大的能源消费国，南非拥有非洲大约一半的发电能力，同时也是非洲电气化率最高的国家之一。南非成为撒哈拉以南非洲国家中第一个正式加入IEA的国家，这为共同努力为非洲和世界建立更可持续、更安全的能源未来提供新的机会。

李峻 编译自 世界石油

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South Africa joins IEA as association country

South Africa today joined the International Energy Agency as an Association country, bringing one of the most dynamic countries on the African continent into the IEA family, and giving a major boost to global energy governance.

The announcement was made by HE Mr. Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s Minister of Energy, and Dr. Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, in Cape Town, South Africa, on the sideline of the Africa Oil Week conference.

“South Africa joining the IEA Family represents a major milestone for our Agency bringing a key emerging leader in global energy policy around our table,” said Dr. Birol. “We can count on a strong and engaged voice from Sub-Saharan Africa enriching our global policy exchange, and making the IEA more representative and global than ever. This is a region of the world that is particularly important to me, and where the IEA has been working for a long time.”

As the largest energy consumer on the continent, South Africa holds about half of Africa’s electricity generation capacity, and has one of its highest electrification rates. It becomes the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to formalize its engagement with the IEA, opening new opportunities to jointly work toward a more sustainable and secure energy future for Africa and the world.