???? 據能源世界網3月8日報道，由于新加坡土地面積很小，不得不在沿海地區建立能源工廠和儲蓄庫，作為其“綠色計劃”的一部分。

????數千塊在陽光下閃閃發光的太陽能電池板延伸到新加坡的近海區，這是這個土地稀缺的國家推動建造浮式太陽能電場以減少溫室氣體排放的一部分。

????該國可能是世界上最小的國家之一，但這個繁榮的金融中心卻是亞洲人均二氧化碳排放量最大的國家之一。

????盡管有關部門一直在推動改變這一現狀，但在一個沒有河流用于水力發電、風力不足以驅動渦輪機的國家，可再生能源仍是一個挑戰。

????因此，這個熱帶國家轉向了太陽能發電——然而，由于國土面積只有洛杉磯的一半，其已求助于在沿海和儲蓄庫上建立能源工廠。

????正在建設一個項目的勝科實業集團（Sembcorp Industries）高級副總裁兼東南亞太陽能部門主管詹坦（Jen Tan）表示，屋頂和可用土地非常稀少，在用完之后，下一個巨大的潛力實際上是我們的水域。

????作為一個因氣候變化而受到海平面上升威脅的島國，新加坡意識到了減排的緊迫性，盡管批評人士說，當局的環保承諾迄今尚未兌現。

????該國政府上月公布了一項范圍廣泛的“綠色計劃”，包括種植更多樹木、減少送往垃圾填埋場的垃圾數量以及建造更多充電站以鼓勵使用電動汽車等。

????郝芬 譯自 能源世界網

????原文如下：

????Space-starved Singapore builds floating solar farms

????With little land, it has resorted to setting up energy plants off its coasts and reservoirs as part of its ‘green plan’

????Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state’s push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

????It may be one of the world’s smallest countries, but the prosperous financial hub is among the biggest per capita carbon dioxide emitters in Asia.

????And while authorities have been pushing to change that, renewable energy is a challenge in a country with no rivers for hydro-electricity and where the wind is not strong enough to power turbines.

????So the tropical country turned to solar power—however, with little land space in a place half the size of Los Angeles, it has resorted to setting up energy plants off its coasts and on reservoirs.

????“After exhausting the rooftops and the available land, which is very scarce, the next big potential is actually our water area,” said Jen Tan, senior vice-president and head of solar in Southeast Asia at conglomerate Sembcorp Industries, which is building a project.

????An island-state threatened by rising sea levels because of climate change, Singapore is aware of the urgency of cutting emissions, although critics say authorities’ environmental commitments have thus far fallen short.

????The government last month unveiled a wide-ranging “green plan” that included steps such as planting more trees, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and building more charging points to encourage the use of electric cars.