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)境保護局這個月發(fā)布有關全國發(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，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)電廠剛從這個州最古老的煤炭燃燒發(fā)電設施轉換為天然氣發(fā)電。