據今日油價網站3月20日消息 COVID-19在2020年對全球能源市場造成了嚴重破壞，這并不是新聞。但總而言之，這是一個真正的災難：能源總需求下降了5%，液化天然氣需求下降了4%，煤炭下降了5%，能源投資大幅下降了20%。但在混亂中，可再生能源發電以7%的速度增長，引發了大量的頭條新聞和投機專欄，懷疑化石燃料時代是否已經結束。

事實上，許多專家認為我們已經經歷了石油峰值。盡管自2020年4月西德克薩斯中質原油基準價格跌至零以下的谷底時刻以來，石油價格和需求都出現了令人印象深刻的反彈，實際上是支付了人們從市場上撤走石油的費用，但許多世界領導人和投資者已經開始積極追求后石油時代的世界。即使是像中國這樣的化石燃料消耗大國，也在堅定地試圖改變自己的發展軌跡，朝著一個更環保的能源未來發展。澳大利亞也已成為這一世界性運動的領導者之一。該國歷史上相當一部分經濟依賴化石燃料開采，現在正傾向于脫碳。這一點意義重大，因為澳大利亞是世界上最大的煤炭化石燃料出口國。排放量大的燃料來源占該國煤炭出口量的一半以上，而該國本身主要依靠其他黑金。據一家政府網站稱，澳大利亞的一次能源消費主要是煤炭（約40%）、石油（34%）和天然氣（22%）。煤炭約占澳大利亞發電量的75%，其次是天然氣（16%）、水力發電（5%）和風力發電（2%）。

王磊 摘譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Australia Is Jumping On The Green Hydrogen Bandwagon

It’s not news that COVID-19 wreaked havoc on energy markets across the world throughout 2020. But just to recap, it was a real doozy; total energy demand sank by 5 percent, liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand went down by 4 percent, coal by 5 percent, and energy investment tanked by a whopping 20 percent. But amidst the chaos, renewable energy generation managed to grow by a very respectable 7 percent, fuelling plenty of headlines and speculative columns wondering if the era of fossil fuels is already over.

In fact, many experts contend that we’re already experiencing peak oil. While oil prices and demand have rebounded impressively since their rock-bottom moment in April 2020 when the West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark plunged below zero, effectively paying people to take oil off the market, many world leaders and investors have already begun to aggressively pursue a post-petroleum world. Even fossil-fuel-consuming juggernauts like China are assertively trying to change their trajectory toward a more climate-friendly energy future. Australia, too, has emerged as one of the leaders of this worldwide movement. The country, which has historically relied on fossil fuel extraction for a considerable portion of its economy, is now leaning into decarbonization efforts. This is significant, as Australia is the world’s largest exporter of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel: coal. The emissions-heavy fuel source accounts for more than half of the country’s coal exports and the country itself is largely run on the other black gold. According to a government website, “Australia’s primary energy consumption is dominated by coal (around 40 percent), oil (34 percent) and gas (22 percent). Coal accounts for about 75 per cent of Australia’s electricity generation, followed by gas (16 percent), hydro (5 percent) and wind around (2 percent).”