Cleaner
Technologies Make Economic Sense
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Even
before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed rules this
month for reducing carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants, energy
companies began converting older plants to cleaner technologies because they
think it makes economic sense. The Bremo Power plant in Virginia has converted
itself from the state's oldest coal burning facility to one powered by natural
gas.
美國能源公司：清潔科技有利可圖
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早在美國環(huán)境保護局這個(gè)月發(fā)布有關(guān)全國發(fā)電廠(chǎng)減少碳排放的提議之前，電力公司已經(jīng)開(kāi)始采用清潔能源技術(shù)，因為他們認為這樣做有經(jīng)濟效益。維吉尼亞州的布萊默發(fā)電廠(chǎng)剛從這個(gè)州最古老的煤炭燃燒發(fā)電設施轉換為天然氣發(fā)電。