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[填空题] Using wind to generate energy
Using the wind to generate energy is often considered unfeasible. In Great Britain, however, wind power is no longer a subject for cranks and dreamers. (0)H The wind now generates enough electricity to supply 250,000 people. Power companies are investing heavily in the business and windmills are becoming a common sight. (9) Even though wind power is clean and does not produce any greenhouse gases, pressure groups are determined to prevent its spread.
The National Wind Power Company wants to develop a huge wind farm on the top of Flaight Hill, an extremely beautiful area of Northern England. If they are given the go-ahead, the company will erect 44 rotors there. (10) They complain that the 60 metre turbines will spoil one of Britain’s last remaining areas of natural beauty. They say that this is totally unacceptable. (11) They say that because the turbines are usually seen from some way away, th
[单项选择]The price of electricity produced using wind power is A. lower than the price of electricity produced using coal. B. expected to fall below that of electricity produced using coal. C. expected to fall to a level closer to that of electricity produced using coal.
[填空题]Wind power are being used to generate (electronic)().
[单项选择] Wind Energy
Wind energy development has been thriving both in the United States and around the world. This reflects not only the declining cost of the resource and the improved performance of wind power plants, but also a growing awareness among utilities and other potential customers that this renewable energy technology offers many benefits for the economy and the environment.
-Wind energy can help create new business and jobs, keep energy dollars circulating in local economies and reduce reliance on imported energy.
-Wind energy can help protect utilities and ratepayers from risks associated with changing fuel prices, new environmental regulations, uncertain load growth and other unpredictable costs.
-Wind energy can reduce a utility’’s pollutant emissions, helping power companies meet environmental regulations and satisfy their customers’’ desire for clean power sources.
In the past, these benefits were not enough t
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