France Hopes to Get More Wind Energy from Its Coasts France recently launched its first floating wind turbine. The new turbine is called Floatgen. It is near the countrys western coast. Makers of the turbine say it is able to provide electricity for

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

By Paul Sisco Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 Wing Power, wave power, people power. Italian inventor Lucien Gambarota tries to capitalize on all three. VOA's Paul Sisco explains in this week's Searching for Solutions report. Lucien Gambarota is a vis

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Using Water to Produce Electricity By Gary Garriott Broadcast: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The power of flowing water can be used to

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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

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One of the key sources of renewable energy being developed today is wind power, utilizing giant turbines to generate electricity. These work best in windy places like the U.S. Great Plains that stretch from west Texas in the south to the Dakotas in

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By Brian Wagner Key West, Florida 06 March 2008 Researchers in the United States are set to begin testing underwater turbine systems that can produce electricity from ocean water flows. The projects in Florida are the latest efforts to find alternati

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