历史英雄名人演讲 第99期:汽车的未来(2)

We're talking about obsoleting the internal combustion engine--and do it in terms of its affordability, add skill volumes, its performance and its durability. 我们打算淘汰内燃机，并在提高可购性，增加技能，提高性能和耐用性

新西兰英语 764 South Island lakes need rain

This morning, New Zealanders had an extra hour in bed because we turned our clocks back. Summer time is finished. Already, we can feel the mornings and evenings are colder. In most of the South Island, the day time temperatures are cold too. However,

VOA标准英语2010年-Florida Man Installs Wind Turbine on H

Amid the recent economic downturn, demand in the U.S. is rising for small wind turbines to power people's homes. The American Wind Energy Association says sales of such turbines rose 15 percent in 2009. One man in Florida is generating his own power

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

China expands its oldest nuclear power plant with new unit

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Qinshan nuclear power plant, China's first, has finished an expansion project with a new generator unit in operation, said China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on Sunday. The pressurized water reactor power-generatin

Power outage sparks violent protest in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Hours of power outage in scorching summer Monday sparked protest in most parts of Pakistan and angry protesters attacked offices of power supply departments in some areas. Pakistan faces about 5000 MW electricity shortf

China sees steady power supply in September

China sees steady power supply in September BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's power supplies remained steady in September, statistics from the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) showed. Power plants generated 394.5 billion kilowatt-hou

2007年VOA标准英语-Sandia Laboratories Develops Promising Solar Te

By Greg Flakus Albuquerque, New Mexico 25 July 2007 Large scale collection of solar power arrays As the world searches for ways to produce energy without burning fossil fuel, there is increased interest in solar energy. One place associated with sola

VOA英语2010年-Plan to Protect Food Supply Against Global W

The largest effort ever to protect global food supplies against climate change was announced Friday in Rome. One-fifth of the world's plants are threatened with extinction. It's Cary Fowler's mission to fight back. He's the executive director of the

VOA标准英语2011--Kenya Moves Full-Steam Ahead on Geothermal Production

Kenya Moves Full-Steam Ahead on Geothermal Production Kenya is expanding plans to become one of the worlds top geothermal power producers with the start of explorations at a site called Menengai. The government is also aiming to make geothermal Kenya

美国国家公共电台 NPR Looming Shutdown Of The Navajo Generating Station Means New Jobs Far From Home

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Navajo leaders are scrambling to find a new owner for the West's largest coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Generating Station. For four decades, both the Hopi and Navajo tribes have relied heavily on jobs provided by the c

英闻天下——61 Shandong to Build Nuclear Power Plant with Safety Concerns

The coastal city of Weihai in East China's Shandong Province has started building a nuclear plant to address a shortage of power in the region. Power production in Shandong has been largely based on coal-burning, which pollutes the environment but do

2018年CRI Locals hail Uganda's largest hydro power plant project financed by China

Locals in Uganda are lauding a construction project financed by China which is creating the East African country's largest hydroelectric power plant. The 600-megawatt (MW) Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant is located at the mid-western district of Kir

新西兰英语 79 New Geothermal Power Station

Today a new geo-thermal power station was opened in Kawerau, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Geo means earth and therm means heat. The power station uses hot steam from the earth. Like the geo-thermal power station at Wairakei, which opened in the 1950

VOA常速英语2008年-Wind Power Development Surging in US

By Paul Sisco Washington 21 February 2008 With oil prices on the rise, the U.S. wind energy industry grew at record levels in 2007 and an industry group says it expects similar growth this year. In today's searching for solutions report, Paul Sisco l

英国学生科学读本 第35期:蒸汽往上冒(2)

There would soon be an explosion; the kettle would be burst open. It is in this way that boiler explosions are often caused. When there is too much steam in a boiler, and it cannot get out, it presses against the sides of the boiler, until at last th

Fukushima Plant Could Leak Radiation for Months

Government officials in Japan say it could take months for radiation(放射辐射) leaks to be brought under control at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to spew radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean

新西兰英语 546 Wind Power plan cancelled

Meridian Energy has decided not to go ahead with their plan to put 176 wind turbines in Central Otago. Local people set up a protest group. This group has spent a lot of time and money fighting to stop Meridian Energy for the last six years. In 2009,

China announces nuclear fuel breakthrough

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough(重大突破) in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially（潜在的） solve China's uranium supply problem, Chinese television reported on Monday. The tech

【英语时差8,16】核电厂更安全了吗？（上）

In 1979, there was an incident at a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania, when radioactive steam leaked into the open air. Nobody was hurt, although thousands of people fled the area. Seven years later, a much worse accident happ