石油设备网讯 据彭博社3月19日伦敦报道，英国石油公司可能成为下一个使用清洁能源发电的石油巨头。
据可再生能源公司的高管称，这家总部位于伦敦的公司正在与其部分拥有的太阳能开发商英国光源公司商谈在美国购买能源。英国光源公司CCO的凯瑟琳·雷扎亚说，合同可能在六个月内签订。
Ryzhaya周二在圣地亚哥举行的Infocast太阳能金融与投资峰会上接受采访时表示:“对他们来说，涉足太阳能领域是很容易的。”“他们这么做是出于经济原因。”
英国石油公司没有立即回复置评请求。2017年，这家石油巨头表示将在三年内投资2亿美元收购Lightsource BP 43%的股份。
石油巨头正转向风能和太阳能来运营他们的业务，因为清洁能源变得足够便宜，可以与化石燃料竞争。埃克森美孚公司去年同意在美国发展最快的油田二叠纪盆地购买500兆瓦的太阳能和风能。最近，阿曼石油开发公司表示，它签署了一项在阿拉伯半岛购买太阳能的协议。
彭博社(BloombergNEF)分析师凯尔哈里森(Kyle Harrison)在一封电子邮件中说，“石油公司开始签署协议只是时间问题。”
购买太阳能有助于英国石油在不增加碳足迹的情况下实现其增长目标。今年早些时候，在受到股东压力后，该公司同意更好地披露其业务如何与《巴黎气候协议》保持一致。
尹路 编译自 彭博社
原文如下：
BP explores buying solar energy to power operations in U.S.
BP Plc may become the next oil giant to power operations with clean energy.
The London-based company is in talks with a solar developer it partially owns, Lightsource BP, to buy power in the U.S., according to executives at the renewable company. A contract may be signed within six months, Lightsource BP CCO Katherine Ryzhaya said.
“It’s a no brainer for them to play in solar,” Ryzhaya said in an interview Tuesday at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit in San Diego. “They’re doing it for financial reasons.”
BP didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. In 2017, the oil giant said it would invest $200 million in Lightsource BP over three years for a 43% stake.
Oil majors are turning to wind and solar to run their operations as clean energy becomes cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels. Exxon Mobil Corp. last year agreed to contracts to buy 500 megawatts of solar and wind power in in the Permian Basin, the fastest growing U.S. oilfield. More recently, Petroleum Development Oman said it signed a deal to buy solar on the Arabian peninsula.
“It was only a matter of time before the oil companies started signing deals,” BloombergNEF analyst Kyle Harrison said in an email.
Buying solar power could help BP achieve its goal of growing without increasing its carbon footprint. Earlier this year, the company agreed to better disclose how its business aligns with the Paris climate accord after coming under pressure from shareholders.
