The Renewable Energy Revolution Happening in Ukraine | Maxim Timchenko | TED

譯者: Judy You-Syuan Liou 審譯者: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

I’m Ukrainian.

And my country is fighting a war for survival.

我是烏克蘭人

But there is another war where we all must fight.

我的國家正在為生存而戰

Fight for the future of the planet.

但是有另一個戰爭 我們必須一起面對

It's a war against climate change.

為地球的未來而戰

Both of them have dramatic consequences for the future of our lives.

這是抵抗氣候變遷的戰爭

這兩種都對我們的未來有巨大的影響

Both are killing thousands.

And the root cause of both

它們都造成數以千計的死亡

is overdependence on fossil fuels.

他們共通的原因

Today, I want to explain how Ukraine's energy challenge

都是對於化石燃料的過份依賴

can help the world to fight climate change.

今天我想要介紹

For decades,

烏克蘭的氣候挑戰怎麼幫助世界 對抗氣候變遷

Russia has been weaponizing energy to impose control over countries.

數十年來

俄國將能源武器化 以控制其他國家

It has cut gas supply during the winter,

bribed us with cheap gas,

它在冬天中斷天然氣供應

built pipelines to bypass Ukraine

用廉價的天然氣賄絡我們

and under-supply gas to provoke energy shock

建立繞開烏克蘭的管道

that hurt all of us.

以及供應不足的天然氣 導致能源中斷

But today,

Russia moved from economic war

衝擊我們所有人

to physical destruction of our infrastructure,

但是現在

俄國從經濟戰轉向

launching missiles to destroy our power stations and grids

對我們的基礎設施實質的破壞

他們發射飛彈破壞發電廠和電網

and trying to crush the Ukrainian people.

I get to see the impact every day

試圖摧毀烏克蘭人民

running DTEK,

one of the largest Ukrainian power suppliers.

在烏克蘭最大的能源供應商之一DTEK

When I wake up every morning,

我每天都能看到這些衝擊

my first job is to see whether we've been hit and how bad.

我每天起床的第一件事

Since the beginning of this war,

是去看我們是否遭受攻擊以及有多嚴重

our company was attacked more than 10,000 times.

從戰爭開始

A hundred of DTEK employees have been killed on a military front line

我們公司已經被攻擊了超過一萬次

已經有超過一百位DTEK員工

or serving on energy front line behind.

These attacks expose not only Ukraine's vulnerability, but the world's.

在戰爭或能源供給前線身亡

這些攻擊暴露了不僅是烏克蘭的脆弱 而是全球的

Almost every economy on earth depends on massive,

幾乎每個地球上的經濟體都依賴

highly centralized but easily targeted energy systems

大規模、高度集中 且容易成為攻擊目標的能源系統

used to extract and burn fossil fuels.

But now in Ukraine, the war is teaching something new.

來提煉和燃燒化石燃料

That relying on renewable power,

但戰爭帶給了烏克蘭新的想法

we create much more resilient and secure energy system.

那就是我們可以藉由再生能源

To understand why, picture a wind turbine.

發展更安全且具復原能力的系統

It's big.

想像一個風力發電機

700 tons and 130 metres tall.

非常巨大、700噸、130公尺高

But actually, the footprint is just a few meters.

It's hard to be attacked by missiles

它的所占面積也就幾公尺

and if they succeed one, all other wind turbines are still running.

很難被飛彈攻擊

就算一個被攻擊了 其他的發電機仍可繼續運行

This kind of distributed power systems

combined with the energy from household solar panels,

這種分散式的能源系統

can massively enhance energy security of countries all over the world.

結合家用式太陽能板

可以大大提升全球能源系統的安全性

And not only during war time,

but against other threats like fires and floods.

而且不僅在戰爭時期

Ukraine is becoming a testing ground for a new energy future.

也能對抗如火災、洪水等威脅

烏克蘭正成為未來新能源的試驗場

After the first invasion in 2014,

Russia destroyed or captured more than 30 percent of DTEK power assets.

在2014年第一次的侵入後

俄羅斯破壞或佔領了 DTEK超過30%的電力資源

Our response was to double renewable capacity,

helping Ukraine to become the country

我們的對策是 將可再生能源的產量翻倍

with one of the highest growth rates of renewables in the world.

讓烏克蘭成為歐洲甚至全球

One real life example and symbol of our resilience

擁有最高再生能源成長率的國家之一

is the Tiligulska wind farm on the coast of the Black Sea,

一個展現我們復原力的真實案例是

just 60 miles from the front line.

位於黑海沿岸的Tiligulska風力發電廠

Through the first 15 months of the war,

距離前線只有60哩

we built wind farm without foreign contractors,

在戰爭的前15個月

sometimes with missiles flying above our heads

我們在沒有外國建商的幫助下 建造了風力發電廠

and spending a lot of time in bomb shelters.

有時飛彈從我們頭頂飛過

And we succeeded.

From May 2023, we supply green energy produced by this wind farm

躲在防空洞很長時間

但是我們成功了

從2023年5月起

to more than 200,000 households.

這個風電廠為超過20萬戶家庭 提供綠色能源

And we are planning to expand this wind farm

to become one of the largest in Eastern Europe.

我們也打算擴建它

War in Ukraine forced Europe

成為東歐最大的風力發電廠之一

to end its dependence on dirty Russian energy

烏克蘭戰爭

through accelerating green transition.

促使歐洲透過加速綠色轉型

And Ukraine can play a key role

結束對俄國非永續能源的依賴

by becoming a major supplier of clean energy to Europe.

而烏克蘭可以成為

With the right level of foreign investments,

歐洲清潔能源的主要供給國

Ukraine can build enough renewable capacity by 2030

若有足夠的外國投資

to supply Europe

烏克蘭可以在2030年前 建立足夠的再生能源產能

as much clean energy as countries like Finland produce during the year.

提供歐洲

媲美芬蘭等國的清潔能源年產量

The vision of Ukraine -- greener, and facing west towards Europe --

烏克蘭更綠化、向西面歐洲看齊的願景

is even embraced by thousands of DTEK coal miners

甚至得到數千名

serving on the front line against Russia.

在前線對抗俄國的DTEK礦工支持

So when do we launch this green counteroffensive?

The smart move is not to wait, but to accelerate

所以 我們什麼時候要發動綠色反攻呢

so that we meet the climate crisis challenge

明智的作法是加快步伐 而不是等待

to establish energy independence

這樣才能利用氣候危機的挑戰

and to build much more resilient energy systems.

打造能源獨立

A green transition will help to win both of these wars

並建立更有彈性的能源系統

and secure a lasting peace.

綠色轉型有助於贏得這兩場戰爭

(In Ukrainian: Glory to Ukraine).

並確保永久和平

(烏克蘭語：榮光歸烏克蘭)