据OE网站5月11日报道，挪威周三公布了到2040年大规模扩建海上风能的计划，旨在将一个依靠石油和天然气致富的国家转变为可再生电力出口国。

该政府设定了到2040年开发30吉瓦海上风力发电能力的目标。

总理约纳斯·加尔·斯特勒在新闻发布会上表示，这将使我们的发电量增加近一倍。

他称在向未来清洁能源过渡的过程中，世界仍需要石油天然气的挪威认为，开发海上风电将使其能够在现有能源行业的技术基础上继续发展。

包括Equinor、壳牌、bp和埃尼在内的众多公用事业公司、石油和天然气公司和工程公司都已排队准备在挪威开发海上电力项目。

挪威需要更多的电力用于国内消费，但新计划远远超过了家庭和工业的预期需求。

政府在一份声明中表示，很大一部分电力将出口到其他国家。

迄今为止，挪威已经在北海开辟了两个区域，用于开发高达4.5吉瓦的底部固定和浮动海上风能，预计今年晚些时候将进行首次1.5吉瓦的招标。

该国政府表示，从2025年起，新区块的许可证发放将定期举行。

电网连接将根据具体情况进行考虑，可能采用混合电缆，即同时连接到几个市场的电缆，或直接连接到单个目的地的电缆，即所谓的径向电缆，连接到欧洲和挪威。

行业高管、工会和一些反对党也呼吁制定一个更长期的目标，以帮助提高挪威供应链投资的可预测性。

曾批评政府行动过于缓慢的国内能源行业对政府的雄心表示欢迎。

挪威石油和天然气协会(Norwegian Oil and Gas Association)在一份声明中表示，这将为工业海洋风能开发奠定基础。

郝芬 译自 OE

原文如下：

Norway Eyes Major Offshore Wind Expansion with 30GW Planned by 2040

Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity.

The government set a target to develop 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2040.

"This would nearly double our power output," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a news conference.

Norway, which says the world still needs its oil in gas during the transition to a cleaner energy future, believes developing offshore wind will allow it to build on the know-how of its existing energy industry.

A wide range of utilities, oil and gas firms and engineering companies have lined up to develop offshore power projects in Norway, including Equinor, Shell, BP, and Eni.

Norway needs more power for domestic consumption, but the new plan far exceeds the expected demand from households and industry.

"A significant portion of the electricity will be exported to other countries," the government said in a statement.

To date, Norway has opened two North Sea areas for the development of up to 4.5 GW of bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind, with a first tender for 1.5 GW expected later this year.

Licensing rounds for new acreage will be held at regular intervals from 2025 onwards, the government said.

Grid connections would be considered on a case by case basis and could feature hybrid cables, which connect to several markets at the same time, or direct cables to single destinations, so-called radial cables, to Europe and Norway.

Industry executives, labour unions and some opposition parties had also called for a longer-term target to help provide predictability for supply chain investments in Norway.

The domestic energy industry, which had criticized the government for moving too slowly, welcomed the government's ambition.

"This will lay the foundation for industrial ocean wind development," the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association said in a statement.