美国油气资本正转向可再生能源

中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网站5月28日消息 当提及德克萨斯，我们想到的是丰富的石油，在最大的城市休斯顿更是如此。休斯顿是世界上一些最大的私人能源公司的所在地，这里生死攸关，但它也是可再生能源的最大买家。

休斯顿市承诺购买100%的可再生能源，作为与自然能源公司重新合作的一部分。在这七年的协议中，该市预计社区的电费将下降，每年节省930万美元。

市长西尔维斯特·特纳指出：“他们在休斯顿市看到的只有雪佛龙、壳牌和埃克森美孚，其目光有点越过休斯顿，但当我们开始谈论可再生能源时，休斯顿市正在发生一些不可思议的事情。”

这项新政只是一系列举措中最近的一项，这些举措有助于推动城市朝着更加环保的方向发展。除了可再生能源的承诺，该市还建设新的自行车道，并鼓励使用电动汽车。甚至主动寻求埃隆•马斯克将特斯拉公司和SpaceX搬至“太空城”，希望这一提议能帮助其他企业看清休斯顿的真实面貌，而不仅仅是石油和天然气业务的全球资本。

该战略还着眼于扩大休斯顿对自身可再生资源的投资，目标是到2025年，使休斯顿拥有100%的可再生能源，而不是购买。据美国环保署称，休斯顿目前是美国最大的可再生能源客户。

休斯顿首席可持续发展官劳拉•科廷汉姆解释道：“作为一个城市，我们有着悠久而强大的可持续发展历史。从可持续发展的角度来看，一段时间以来，我们一直是城市可再生能源的最大用户。”

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

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America's Oil & Gas Capital Is Turning To Renewables

When we think of Texas, we think of Big Oil. Even more so in its largest city, Houston. Home to some of the world’s largest private energy companies, Houston lives and dies on oil. But it is also the biggest buyer of….renewable energy.

The city of Houston has committed to purchasing 100% renewable energy as a part of a renewed collaboration with NRG Energy. Throughout the seven-year agreement, the city predicts seeing the cost of electricity for the community falling, resulting in $9.3 million saved every year.

Mayor Sylvester Turner noted, “All they see in the city of Houston is Chevron and Shell and Exxon. They kind of look past the city of Houston, but there are some incredible things that are happening in the city of Houston when we start talking about renewables.”

This new deal is just the most recent in a string of initiatives helping to push the city in a more eco-friendly direction. In addition to the renewables pledge, the city is also building new bike lanes and encouraging the use of electric cars. It's even proactively courting Elon Musk to move Tesla Inc. and SpaceX to the "Space City" in hopes the offer will help other businesses see Houston for what it really is, rather than simply the global capital of the oil & gas business.

The strategy also looks to expand Houston's investments in its own renewable resources, with the goal of powering the city with 100% renewable energy by 2025, rather than purchasing it. Houston is currently the biggest customer of renewable energy in the country, according to the United States EPA.

Houston’s chief sustainability officer Lara Cottingham explained, “As a city, we have a really long and strong history of sustainability. From a sustainability perspective, we’ve been the largest municipal user of renewable energy for some time now.”