VOA慢速英语 2007 0227a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has

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A new study shows that the Japanese nuclear industry is unlikely to reach a government target of providing at least 20 percent of the countrys energy by 2030. The study was prepared for the Reuters news agency. In Japan, eight nuclear power centers a

2017年CRI China helps build green coal power plant in Pakistan

Chinese and Pakistani investors inaugurated the project in Hub, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on March. 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus] The groundbreaking ceremony for a China-Pakistan joint venture, a coal fired power plant, was held in Hub, in the

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Section B Trends for the 21st Century What problems will our world encounter in the next 1,000 years? Social scientists and economists, farming experts and environmentalists pose this question and exa

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Disaster in Japan日本灾难,钚与米奇鼠 Plutonium and Mickey Mouse钚与米奇鼠 Japans nuclear crisis drags on, exposing profound failures both at the company and in national energy policy 日本核危机悬而未决，暴露出公司和国家能

Fire breaks out at Texas nuclear power plant

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out at a nuclear power plant Tuesday in the U.S. state of Texas, forcing one of two units to be shut down, U.S. media reported. No injuries were reported in the fire, which erupted in the Unit 2 main transformer

波兰能源巨头签署910兆瓦发电机组合同

WARSAW, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Polish energy giant Tauron on Thursday signed a contract with a consortium consisting of engineering firm Rafako and construction firm Mostostal Warszawa for the construction of a 910 megawatt power unit in Tauron's Jawor

VOA慢速英语2014 美国公司从垃圾提取天然气

AS IT IS 2014-06-13 Companies Make Gas from Garbage 美国公司从垃圾提取天然气 The future in energy production is here. And some of the materials used to supply the energy may surprise you! Companies have developed a way to turn plant waste

目前,在美国南部,较少的能量由煤产生

AS IT IS 2016-11-28 Less Energy Now Produced by Coal in US South 目前,在美国南部,较少的能量由煤产生 Three large machines called turbines produce electricity at the Buck Combined Cycle Station in central North Carolina, near the town o

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Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity发电面临用水危机 Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport,

US Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity

US Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport, and to cool and lubri

VOA标准英语2009年-Largest US Solar Energy Plant Comes on Lin

By Brian Wagner Miami 27 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks during his tour of the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida, 27 Oct 2009 President Barack Obama traveled to Florida on Tuesday to help unveil the nation's

VOA标准英语2014--Kenya Pursuing Nuclear Power Despite the Risks

Kenya Pursuing Nuclear Power Despite the Risks NAIROBI Kenya is forging ahead with plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025 as part of an ambitious development agenda. However, the project is not without its doubters, who wonder whether nuclear p

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Forgotten Renewable: Geothermal Energy Production Heats Up

The Forgotten Renewable: Geothermal Energy Production Heats Up MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to hear now about a different natural resource - geothermal reservoirs. They are all across the American West, and they could be used to power millions of

France to Invest $1.4 Billion in Nuclear Power

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France plans to invest $1.4 billion for the development of nuclear power plants. The announcement comes amid French concerns about the safety of nuclear energy following the disaster at Japan's power plant in Fuk

前途未卜的英国威尔士核项目

In a field in a remote part of north-west Wales, a lone farmer cuts the grass, parcelling it up into hay bales which can be sold for a modest profit. His farm, and even the hill on which it sits, will soon be demolished by the Japanese-owned company

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2016年CRI US energy experts notes China's progress in nuclear energy

John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy, suggests the world should be looking toward China when developing energy development plans. When it comes to energy, there is no nation on earth that has an energy plan that is homog

Iran unlikely to stop nuclear fuel enrichment

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Sunday it will not stop its nuclear fuel enrichment（丰富,改进） activities although Russia would provide it with the nuclear fuel needed to run its Bushehr nuclear power plant. Head of Iran's Majlis ( P

中国将完成减排目标

The report, titled China's Response to Climate Change Policy and Action in 2015 is an assessment of the steps that have been taken to both reduce emissions and clean up the air in the country. Among the achievements laid-out in the analysis, the gove