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(hù)局這個(gè)月發(fā)布有關(guān)全國發(fā)電廠減少碳排放的提議之前，電力公司已經(jīng)開始采用清潔能源技術(shù)，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為這樣做有經(jīng)濟(jì)效益。維吉尼亞州的布萊默發(fā)電廠剛從這個(gè)州最古老的煤炭燃燒發(fā)電設(shè)施轉(zhuǎn)換為天然氣發(fā)電。