Name: 南非淘汰燃煤電力的硬派計畫 | DW 新聞 (South Africa’s tough plan to ditch coal power | DW News)
Uploaded: 2026-02-06T16:59:07.000Z
Duration: 6 min 26 s

The remains of one of the biggest power plants in South Africa's coal Mpumalanga.

南非煤炭重鎮姆普馬蘭加，其中一座最大發電廠的殘骸。

基礎被動語態

Komati Power Station reached the end of its life cycle and was shut in 2022.

科馬蒂發電站走到了生命週期的盡頭，並於 2022 年關閉。

轉承詞

They took our pride because it's not just about the employment and getting your salary, but

他們奪走了我們的驕傲，因為這不只是關乎就業和薪水，

還有你擁有的連結、你的奉獻。

Komati Power station will be the first of many to close.

科馬蒂發電站將是眾多關閉發電站中的第一個。

South Africa is one of the most coal dependent countries in the world.

南非是世界上最煤炭依賴的國家之一。

But within the next two decades it wants to phase out coal.

但在未來二十年內，它希望能逐步淘汰煤炭。

Carlos Vilanculo worked as a welder at the power station and was among the first people to be let go.

Carlos Vilanculo 曾在該發電站擔任焊工，是最早被解僱的人之一。

Reason being is that it was not communicated proper because if they did, we could have made some other means to mitigate everything and to be prepared.

原因是因為沒有適當溝通，如果他們有溝通，我們就能找到其他方法來緩解一切並做好準備。

But if something just comes and surprise you, it becomes a problem.

但如果事情突然發生，讓你措手不及，那就會變成一個問題。

At its peak, the station provided jobs to about 3,000 people.

在高峰期，該發電站曾提供約 3,000 人的就業機會。

By 2050, 12 of the country's 14 power stations are meant to shut down.

到 2050 年，該國 14 座發電站中有 12 座預計將關閉。

Many see Komati as a warning for the economic pain of a coal phaseout.

許多人將科馬蒂視為煤炭逐步淘汰所帶來的經濟痛苦的警示。

People have looked at it as a sort of test case of how will this transition work in practice.

人們將其視為一個試驗案例，看看這種轉型在實際操作中會如何進行。

And I'm afraid as government we didn't cover ourselves in glory.

我很遺憾，作為政府，我們並沒有表現出色。

South Africa became the first country in the global south to join an international partnership to phase out coal.

南非成為全球南方第一個加入淘汰煤炭國際夥伴關係的國家。

At the COP summit in 2021, it committed to a so called just energy transition, meaning pivoting away from fossil fuels without destroying the livelihoods that depend on them.

在 2021 年的 COP 峰會上，它承諾進行所謂的公正能源轉型，這意味著在不破壞依賴它們的生計的情況下，擺脫對化石燃料的依賴。

International partners like Germany, France and the UK pledged more than US$11 billion in support.

國際夥伴，像是德國、法國和英國，承諾提供超過 110 億美元的支持。

If South Africa gets it right, it could become a blueprint for other countries in the global south that committed to such a transition.

如果南非做得對，這將能成為全球南方其他承諾進行這種轉型的國家的藍圖。

A crucial step to combatting the climate crisis.

這是對抗氣候危機的關鍵一步。

But the country is facing a big challenge.

但這個國家正麵臨一個巨大的挑戰。

Its unemployment rate has soared in the past decades.

過去幾十年來，它的失業率飆升。

This a third of the working population is out of a job.

這意味著有三分之一的勞動人口失業。

In addition, South Africa ranks as the country with the highest income inequality in the world.

此外，南非是全球收入不平等最嚴重的國家。

So the big concern is that people that are most vulnerable in this transition.

所以大家很擔心，在這個轉型過程中，最脆弱的那些人會怎麼樣。

Crispian Olver advises the government on how to achieve a just transition.

Crispian Olver 正在為政府提供如何實現公正轉型的建議。

Workers that are employed in one or another of these high emitting sectors or in the coal value chain.

在這些高排放產業或煤炭價值鏈中工作的勞工。

These are the people that carry the greatest amount of risk in this transition because they stand to lose their livelihoods.

這些人是轉型過程中風險最高的人，因為他們可能會失去生計。

Over 100,000 workers are employed in coal directly in Mpumalanga Province.

姆普馬蘭加省有超過十萬名勞工直接受僱於煤炭業。

Almost half a million jobs are at risk because of the planned phase out.

由於計畫逐步淘汰，將有近五十萬個工作機會面臨風險。

In Komati that risk of already became reality.

在科馬蒂，這種風險已經成為現實。

So many things, people, they are struggling, they don't have job people, they are hungry, they are suffering.

許多人、許多事，他們都在掙扎，沒有工作的人，他們很餓，他們很痛苦。

Most of them, they are suffering because they are not working.

他們中的大多數人，因為沒有工作而受苦。

They told us that they will come back with the new contractors, with the new solar, they just energy transaction but we are still waiting for that.

他們告訴我們，他們會帶著新的承包商、新的太陽能、新的能源轉型回來，但我們還在等。

As South Africa is winding down, coal jobs in its renewable sector are growing.

隨著南非逐步淘汰煤炭，其再生能源領域的工作機會正在成長。

But until now, the country's largest wind farms have been built in the Western Cape.

但到目前為止，該國最大的風力發電廠都建在西部開普省。

Its solar farms in the north across the country from the coal belt in Pumalanga.

它的太陽能發電廠則在北方，橫跨全國，遠離姆普馬蘭加的煤炭區。

When you worked at the power station, it's difficult for you to transition into other job opportunities.

在發電廠工作，轉職到其他工作機會很困難。

When Komati Power station was shut down, permanent staff were offered alternative jobs elsewhere.

科馬蒂發電站關閉時，正職員工被提供其他地方的工作機會。

But most workers like Carlos were contractors and left without a job.

但像卡洛斯這樣的大多數工人都是約聘人員，失業了。

Decades of mining have degraded the soil in South Africa's coal belt, meaning people can't easily switch to jobs in agriculture like in other regions.

數十年的採礦已經破壞了南非煤炭區的土壤，這意味著人們不像其他地區那樣容易轉職到農業工作。

Carlos is now making ends meet by producing bricks.

卡洛斯現在靠生產磚塊來維持生計。

You've got to, in anticipation of these sectoral declines in coal and high emitting sectors, you've got to proactively seek to invest in and grow the new economic sectors.

你必須預期到煤炭和高排放產業的衰退，並且要主動尋求投資並發展新的經濟部門。

But all of that takes is going to take active intervention and active planning and we've been struggling to get government to take this seriously enough.

但這一切都需要積極的幹預和規劃，我們一直在努力讓政府認真對待這件事。

Inside the Komati power station, the mood is more hopeful.

在科馬蒂發電站內部，氣氛比較樂觀。

One year after it was shut, the power plant finally received a loan worth over $400 million from the world Bank.

關閉一年後，這座發電廠終於獲得世界銀行超過 4 億美元的貸款。

Now its general manager, Tevan Pillai is working on turning Komati's story of failure into one of success.

現在它的總經理 Tevan Pillai 正努力將科馬蒂的失敗故事轉變為成功。

Look, there's been quite a few lessons that have been learned from Komati side and the one key thing we keep on talking about is starting early.

看，我們從科馬蒂這裡學到了不少經驗，而我們一直在強調的關鍵是提早開始。

The World bank loan is meant to transform Komati into a hub for solar and battery power within the next years.

世界銀行的貸款旨在未來幾年內將科馬蒂轉型為太陽能和電池發電中心。

In addition, the few hundred staff that remain are experimenting with aquaponics, looking for a way to grow vegetables in the barren soil.

此外，留下的幾百名員工正在嘗試水產養殖，尋找在貧瘠土壤中種植蔬菜的方法。

Meanwhile, parts of the empty power station have turned into classrooms, training young people to become welders.

同時，部分閒置的發電站變成了教室，培訓年輕人成為焊工。

This time for solar parks rather than coal plants.

這次是為了太陽能園區，而不是燃煤電廠。

Komati will only be able to offer a fraction of these students a job in the future.

科馬蒂未來只能提供其中一小部分的學生就業機會。

Solar parks require much fewer workers than coal plants.

太陽能園區所需的勞動力比燃煤電廠少得多。

但對 Tevan Pillai 來說，這是一個開始。

They need to commit to making that difference.

他們需要致力於創造這個改變。

But there is life that you can create from the ground.

但生命是可以從土地上創造出來的。

And this is I mean the lesson that Komati is teaching the world today.

這就是科馬蒂今天教導世界的課程。

And come a year's time, we will show something tangible to say that there is still life.

一年後，我們將展示一些實質的東西，證明生命依然存在。

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