據美國油價網報道，北美可再生能源發電的價格在過去一年里飆升近30%，原因是開發成本快速上升，加上需求更加強勁。  

這是世界最大電力購買協議市場運營商和可再生能源交易基礎設施主要供應商LevelTen能源公司4月13日發布的一份報告中所作出的結論。

報告作者稱：“由于本季度開發環境極其艱難，北美可再生能源開發商正努力以足夠快的速度建設太陽能和風能發電項目，以滿足需求?！?/p>

他們解釋說：“這將導致企業和其他大型能源買家缺少電力購買協議（PPA），而這對于讓新的清潔能源項目上線、實現企業和聯邦政府的凈零目標至關重要。”

這些發展的組合導致了電力購買協議價格季度上漲9.7%，達到了近40美元/ 兆瓦時，年漲幅達到了28.5%。  

LevelTen能源公司開發商服務高級總監吉亞·克拉克在該報告的新聞稿中表示：“項目開發的每個方面都有需要評估和平衡的風險。”“現在，這些風險給人的感覺尤其高。 開發商必須將這些復雜性和不確定性納入PPA的報價中，以確保項目的成功，以及企業的長期財務保障。 只要這些不利因素持續存在，我們就可以期待整個北美PPA價格的上漲?！?/p>

在最近的一次行業活動中，風力發電開發商抱怨說，在日益不利的商業環境中，他們不得不縮減業務。

通用電氣公司負責陸上風力發電業務的首席執行官謝麗·希科克表示：“目前的供應鏈狀況根本上是不健康的。因為我們面臨的通脹市場甚至超出了所有人去年的預期。 鋼鐵價格上漲了3倍。 在這樣一個不斷增長的行業中，我們如何在這樣的壓力下維持供應鏈，這真的很可笑?！? 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

Renewable Energy Prices Soar 30%

The price of electricity generated by renewable power sources in North America has added almost 30 percent over the past year due to fast-rising development costs coupled with more robust demand.

This is the conclusion of a report by LevelTen Energy, the operator of the largest power purchase agreement marketplace in the world and a major provider of renewable energy transaction infrastructure.

“North American renewable energy developers are struggling to build solar and wind projects fast enough to keep up with demand because of the extremely difficult development landscape this quarter,” the authors of the report said.

“This is leading to a shortage of power purchase agreements for corporations and other large energy buyers, which are critical to bringing new clean energy projects online and meeting corporate and federal net zero targets,” they explained.

This combination of developments has led to a 9.7-percent quarterly increase in the prices of power purchase agreements to almost $40 per MWh, and a 28.5-percent annual increase.

“Every aspect of project development has risks to evaluate and balance,” Gia Clark, senior director of Developer Services at LevelTen Energy, said in the news release on the report.

“These days, these risks feel particularly high-stakes. Developers must factor these complexities and uncertainties into PPA offers to safeguard their project success, as well as their business’ long-term financial security. As long as these myriad headwinds persist, we can expect elevated PPA prices across North America.”

At a recent industry event, wind power developers complained that they are having to shrink their business amid an increasingly unfavorable business environment.

“The state of the supply chain is ultimately unhealthy right now,” said the chief executive of onshore wind at GE, Sheri Hickok. “It is unhealthy because we have an inflationary market that is beyond what anybody anticipated even last year. Steel is going up three times. It is really ridiculous to think how we can sustain a supply chain in a growing industry with these kind of pressures,” she added.