土耳其正与加拿大和韩国就新核电项目开展深入谈判，并预计将在未来几个月内敲定合作伙伴。
Turkey is in advanced talks with Canada and South Korea for new nuclear power development, and expects to finalize its partners in the coming months.
“在技术选择方面，我们或多或少已被这两家供应商说服，”能源部长阿尔帕尔斯兰·巴伊拉克塔尔在安塔利亚举行的COP31气候峰会上对彭博电视表示。“未来几个月相当关键。”“我们寻求竞争力、多元化、最佳技术方案，”他补充说，土耳其已与加拿大养老基金讨论了融资事宜。
“In terms of technology selection, we’re more or less convinced by these two suppliers,” Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told Bloomberg Television at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya. “The next few months are quite critical.”“We’re looking for competitiveness, diversification, the best technology offer,” he said, adding that Turkey has discussed financing with Canadian pension funds.
这些言论表明，其他有意向的国家，如俄罗斯和中国，已在争夺这些通常高达数十亿美元项目的竞争中落后。
The comments indicate that other interested countries, such as Russia and China, have fallen behind in the competition for the projects, which typically run to billions of dollars.
俄罗斯国有原子能集团目前正在建设土耳其首座核电站，这是一座位于地中海沿岸阿库尤的480万千瓦设施。该设施预计明年发电。
Russia’s state-run Rosatom is currently building Turkey’s first nuclear plant, a 4.8-gigawatt facility at Akkuyu, on the Mediterranean coast. The facility is expected to produce electricity by next year.
巴伊拉克塔尔此前表示，原子能集团在阿库尤的经验使其在竞争下一座计划建在黑海沿岸锡诺普的核电站时领先于对手。
Bayraktar previously said Rosatom’s experience at Akkuyu put it ahead of rivals for the next planned plant, to be situated at Sinop, on the Black Sea.
韩国也在争取锡诺普项目，上周与土耳其签署了关于核项目融资的谅解备忘录。竞争对手加拿大的提案以蒙特利尔的AtkinsRealis Group Inc.公司及其CANDU重水堆技术为核心。
South Korea, which is also pursuing the Sinop project, signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkey on nuclear-project financing last week. The rival Canadian proposal centers on Montreal-based AtkinsRealis Group Inc. and its CANDU reactor technology.
在锡诺普之后，政府希望再建一座常规核电站，并建设约500万千瓦的小型模块化反应堆，以在2040年达到1000万千瓦核电装机容量，2050年达到2000万千瓦。土耳其视核电为减少进口依赖、满足不断增长的电力需求的关键。
After Sinop, the government wants to build a third conventional plant and about 5GW worth of small modular reactors to reach 10GW of nuclear capacity by 2040 and 20GW by 2050. Turkey sees nuclear power as key to reducing its reliance on imports and meeting rising electricity needs.
政府旨在将电力在最终能源消费中的占比从目前约22%提高到2040年的36%。COP31的全球目标是到2035年达到35%。
The government aims to increase electricity’s share of final energy consumption to 36% by 2040 from about 22% currently. COP31’s global target is 35% by 2035.
巴伊拉克塔尔表示，实现这一目标的途径之一是将跨境互联互通容量增加到1500万千瓦，建设通往东、西、南三个方向的走廊。
One way it plans to do so is increase cross-border interconnection capacity to 15GW, with corridors to its east, west and south, Bayraktar said.
一条拟议路线将把阿塞拜疆和格鲁吉亚与罗马尼亚及欧洲市场连接起来，跨越黑海。另一条路线将把沙特阿拉伯、约旦、叙利亚以及可能的黎巴嫩通过土耳其与欧洲连接起来。
One proposed route would connect Azerbaijan and Georgia to Romania and European markets across the Black Sea. Another would link Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and potentially Lebanon to Europe through Turkey.
安卡拉还希望将中亚和高加索地区的可再生能源电力通过其电网输送至欧洲市场。巴伊拉克塔尔表示，此类互联有助于在该地区用电高峰期间平衡供需。
Ankara also wants to channel renewable electricity from Central Asia and the Caucasus through its grid to European markets. Such links could help balance supply and demand during consumption peaks across the region, Bayraktar said.
他说：“我们的用电高峰在夏季的晚上7、8点，但那时阿塞拜疆已经是晚上11点了。我们可以利用这个时差。”
“Our peak is 7, 8 o’clock in summertime, but that’s already 11 p.m. in Azerbaijan,” he said. “We can use this time difference.”