缅因州石油加热使用量降至15年来的最低水平, Maine’s oil heating use dropped to a 15-year low, driven by heat pump adoption and energy efficiency efforts.

缅因州对取暖油的依赖率下降到50.3%的家庭,这是15年来最低的,据美国社区调查显示,这是15年来最低的,尽管它仍然是最依赖石油的州。 Maine’s heating oil reliance fell to 50.3% of households, the lowest in over 15 years, according to the American Community Survey, though it remains the most oil-dependent state. 这一下降与各州促进热泵和能源效率的努力有关,包括提前两年超过2025年100 000热泵的目标,到2027年达到275 000个目标。 The decline is linked to state efforts promoting heat pumps and energy efficiency, including surpassing the 2025 goal of 100,000 heat pumps two years early and aiming for 275,000 by 2027. 电力供暖用量从2010年的5.1%上升到13.5%,而天然气和丙烷用量也有所增加。 Electric heating use rose to 13.5% from 5.1% in 2010, while natural gas and propane use also increased. 木材供暖略有减少,降至9.7%。 Wood heating slightly declined to 9.7%. 尽管石油使用量减少,电力需求和成本因电气化而上升,预计到2050年全州能源使用量将增加一倍。 Despite lower oil use, electricity demand and costs are rising due to electrification, with statewide energy use projected to double by 2050. 缅因州是6个新英格兰州之一,在石油依赖性方面位居前7位。 Maine is one of six New England states in the top seven for oil dependence.