地热开发在东南亚面临障碍
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Indonesia and the Philippines aim to increase their use of geothermal energy to move away from highly polluting fossil fuels.
印度尼西亚和菲律宾计划增加地热能的使用，以减少对高污染化石燃料的依赖。
However, money issues, governmental rules, and community protests have slowed the growth of geothermal energy production.
然而，资金问题、政府规定和社区抗议减缓了地热能生产的增长。
Geothermal energy uses heat from underground reservoirs of hot water to produce electricity.
地热能利用地下热水储层中的热量来发电。
Environmental experts see geothermal as a good source of clean energy because it can provide power 24 hours a day.
环境专家认为地热能是一种优质的清洁能源，因为它可以全天24小时供电。
Geothermal power plants also require little maintenance and can last for many years.
地热发电厂还几乎不需要维护，且能持续运行多年。
Countries with high geothermal possibilities — such as the United States, Indonesia and the Philippines — have areas where volcanic activity naturally carries hot water or steam to the Earth’s surface.
地热潜力高的国家——如美国、印度尼西亚和菲律宾——拥有火山活动自然将热水或蒸汽带到地表的区域。
The hot water or steam can also be reached by drilling into the ground.
热水或蒸汽也可以通过钻入地下获取。
Marit Brommer is head of the International Geothermal Association based in Germany.
马里特·布罗默是总部位于德国的国际地热协会的负责人。
She told The Associated Press, “We’re essentially standing on our own sun, which we can get clean, reliable energy from.”
她告诉美联社：“我们基本上是站在自己的太阳上，我们可以从中获得清洁、可靠的能源。”
Geothermal energy in Southeast Asia
东南亚的地热能
In Southeast Asia, geothermal energy production is expected to increase ten times greater from 2020 to 2050, reaching 276 million megawatt-hours, the International Energy Agency says.
国际能源署表示，在东南亚，地热能产量预计将从2020年到2050年增长十倍，达到2.76亿兆瓦时。
After the U.S., Indonesia and the Philippines are the second and third-largest users of geothermal energy in the world.
美国之后，印度尼西亚和菲律宾是全球第二和第三大地热能使用国。
Still, Indonesia uses less than one-tenth of its large reserves of geothermal energy.
尽管如此，印度尼西亚对其大量地热能储量的利用还不到十分之一。
Six percent of the country’s power supply comes from geothermal sources.
该国百分之六的电力供应来自地热资源。
And the Philippines has only developed about eight percent of its geothermal resources.
而菲律宾仅开发了其地热资源的约百分之八。
It makes up 14.6 percent of the country’s energy use.
它占全国能源使用量的14.6%。
Both countries plan to expand their production of geothermal energy.
两国都计划扩大地热能的生产。
Indonesia aims to increase geothermal production by at least 8 percent by 2030.
印尼的目标是到2030年将地热发电量至少提高8%。
The Philippine government is targeting several projects to increase geothermal capacity by nearly 1.5 gigawatts, nearly doubling its current use.
菲律宾政府正针对多个项目，计划将地热发电能力提高近1.5吉瓦，几乎是目前使用量的两倍。
Facing difficulties
面对困难
However, developing new geothermal projects is costly and sometimes risky for companies when they test and drill to look for reservoirs.
然而，对于企业而言，在测试和钻探寻找储层时，开发新的地热项目成本高昂，有时还存在风险。
That makes it hard to get money for development, said Shigeru Yamamura.
Shigeru Yamamura表示，这使得很难获得开发资金。
He is an energy specialist at the Asia Development Bank.
他是亚洲开发银行的能源专家。
“That’s the most difficult part of developers, because (in terms of money) they cannot take 100 percent of the exploration risk themselves,” Yamamura said.
山村先生说：“这是开发商面临的最困难的部分，因为（就资金而言）他们无法自己承担百分之百的勘探风险。”
The Philippine government has announced plans to auction for developing geothermal projects.
菲律宾政府已宣布计划对地热项目的开发进行拍卖。
The government is also preparing a “smart green grid plan” that centers on renewable energy.
政府还在筹备一项以可再生能源为核心的“智能绿色电网计划”。
The plans may make it more likely that banks will give loans to private companies seeking to develop geothermal projects.
这些计划可能会使银行更有可能向寻求开发地热项目的私营公司发放贷款。
The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources says it is working to shorten the wait time to get permits for new geothermal projects.
印尼能源与矿产资源部表示，正在努力缩短新地热项目获得许可的等待时间。
It is also considering ways to increase the amount of money companies could make from the projects.
它还在考虑如何增加企业从这些项目中获得的收益。
The World Bank is providing a $150 million loan to increase Indonesian investments in geothermal energy.
世界银行正在提供1.5亿美元贷款，以增加印度尼西亚对地热能源的投资。
And the Green Climate Fund and the Clean Technology Fund are providing $127.5 million.
绿色气候基金和清洁技术基金正在提供1.275亿美元。
Still, community pushback can slow development even when there is enough money.
尽管如此，即便资金充足，社区的反对也可能拖慢开发进度。
In Indonesia, villagers have protested geothermal projects.
在印度尼西亚，村民们对地热项目表示了抗议。
They say the projects are not safe and can harm the environment.
他们说这些项目不安全，可能会危害环境。
Several geothermal projects in Indonesia have had deadly gas leaks in the past five years.
过去五年里，印度尼西亚的多个地热项目发生了致命的气体泄漏事故。
In the Philippines, protests have led at least one company to pay money to Indigenous groups for the use of their lands.
在菲律宾，抗议活动已促使至少一家公司向原住民群体支付费用，以换取对其土地的使用权。
Brommer, of the International Geothermal Association, thinks governments and businesses should work with nearby communities.
国际地热协会的布罗默认为，政府和企业应与周边社区合作。
“We need to show that this development benefits all people, not just a company,” she said.
“我们需要证明，这一发展惠及所有人，而不仅仅是一家公司，”她说。
“It’s not about being a good neighbor; it’s about being the best neighbor and really working with communities to respect their concerns.”
这不是要做个好邻居，而是要做最好的邻居，真正与社区合作，尊重他们的关切。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
And I'm Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Vitoria Milko wrote this story for The Associated Press.
维托里亚·米尔科为美联社撰写了这篇报道。
Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安德鲁·史密斯为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
