据天然气加工网站8月11日报道 美国页岩生产商BKV Corp向路透社表示，公司将以4.3亿美元收购德克萨斯州一家发电厂，此举将利用其天然气生产来发电。

该协议出台之际，德克萨斯州正试图鼓励新的燃气发电，以满足创纪录的需求。德克萨斯州的燃煤电厂因廉价风能和太阳能的竞争而关闭，使得该州在酷热和严寒天气下面临短缺。

总部位于丹佛的BKV正通过与Banpu电力美国分公司（一家关联公司）的一家50-50合资企业，从Temple I Generation LLC手中收购位于德克萨斯州Temple的758兆瓦发电厂。该交易预计将于2021年第四季度完成。

泰国Banpu PCL子公司BKV Corp首席执行官克里斯·卡宁表示：“这使我们成为价值链能源参与者。”

他补充说，公司还正在探索发电厂附近的机会，以拓展太阳能领域。

他说：“我们看到能源的发展越来越随需应变，越来越电气化。”

BKV现在向其他公司出售其宾夕法尼亚州和德克萨斯州页岩气田生产的天然气。但现在，该公司将利用其附近的巴尼特页岩业务（去年从Devon能源公司收购）的天然气为Temple设施提供燃料。

BKV专注于天然气的战略使其从2015年的初创公司发展成为美国前20大天然气公司之一。

德克萨斯州中部的工厂提供的电力足以为75万户家庭提供燃料。由于2月份的严寒导致全州数百万人失去了照明和供暖，这是少数几个仍在使用的设施之一。

里斯·卡宁表示，Temple工厂建于2014年，配备了先进的排放控制技术，这将使BKV能够证明其碳排放足迹，这是该公司利用不断增长的低碳燃料需求战略的关键一步。

王磊 摘译自 天然气加工

原文如下：

Gas producer BKV Corp to buy Texas power plant

U.S. shale producer BKV Corp is acquiring a Texas power generator for $430 million in a move that leverages its gas production to generate electricity, the company told Reuters.

The deal comes as Texas tries to encourage new gas-fired power generation to meet record demand. Texas coal-fired plants have closed due to competition from cheaper wind and solar, leaving the state facing shortages during extreme heat and cold events.

Denver-based BKV is purchasing the 758-megawatt Temple, Texas, facility from closely held Temple Generation I LLC through a 50-50 joint venture with Banpu Power US Corp, a related company. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.

"It makes us a value-chain energy player," said Chris Kalnin, chief executive of BKV Corp, a subsidiary of Thailand's Banpu PCL.

The company is also exploring opportunities adjacent to the power plant for expansion into solar energy, he added.

"We're seeing energy evolving to be more on demand and more electrified," he said.

BKV now sells others the natural gas produced in its Pennsylvania and Texas shale fields. But it now will fuel the Temple facility with natural gas from its nearby Barnett shale operation which it acquired last year from Devon Energy Corp .

BKV’s natural gas-focused strategy has taken it from a startup in 2015 to become one of the top 20 U.S. gas companies.

The central Texas plant provides enough power to fuel 750,000 homes. It was one of the few facilities that stayed in service as a February deep freeze left millions across the state without lights or heat.

The Temple plant was built in 2014 and is equipped with advanced emissions-control technology, which will enable BKV to certify its carbon emissions footprint, a key step in the company's strategy to capitalize on growing demand for low carbon fuel sources, Kalnin said.