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VarunSivaram_2020T-_印度利用清洁能源实现工业化的历史性机遇_-
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| The air smelled smoky and sulfurous . |
空气中弥漫着烟熏味和硫磺味。 |
| I just stepped off a rickety train to Korba, deep in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, and home to a dozen coal power plants and India's largest open-pit coal mine . |
我走下了开往科尔巴的 一趟摇摇晃晃的火车。 科尔巴位于印度的 恰蒂斯加尔邦深处, 也是十几家煤炭发电厂的所在地, 拥有印度最大的露天煤矿。 |
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smoky:adj.冒烟的;烟熏味的;熏着的;呛人的;烟状的; sulfurous:adj.硫磺的;含有硫磺的; rickety:adj.摇晃的;虚弱的;患佝偻病的; coal mine:煤矿;
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| There it is, a literal hellscape, complete with infernal fires that burn 24/7. |
就是这里—— 眼前的景象让我不寒而栗, 地狱般的大火从不熄灭, |
| But, in Korba, coal is life. |
但在科尔巴,煤炭也意味着生命。 |
| Most people I talked to accepted that the coal economy powers their livelihoods , but it is slowly killing them. |
和我交谈过的大多数人都承认, 煤炭经济为他们提供了生计, 但也让他们慢慢走向死亡。 |
| Here's a community next door to a coal plant. |
这是其中一座煤厂附近的一个社区, |
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literal:adj.文字的;逐字的;无夸张的; infernal:adj.地狱的;恶魔的;可憎的; economy:n.经济;节约;理财; livelihoods:n.赚钱謀生的手段;生计;(livelihood的复数) community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; next door to:几乎;与…相邻;
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| They wake every morning to homes coated in a fresh layer of ash from the smoke that the plant belches . |
居民每天早上都是从煤厂喷出的 一层新的烟雾覆盖的家中醒来。 |
| Korba is one of the most critically polluted places on the planet. |
科尔巴是这个星球上 污染最严重的地区之一. |
| And it's not just coal country that's hurting, all of India has a deadly addiction to fossil fuels. |
但除了煤炭, 整个印度都严重依赖化石燃料。 |
| India's home to 22 of the world's 30 most polluted places on the planet. |
在世界上 30 个污染最严重的地区中, 有 22 个位于印度。 |
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layer:n.层,层次; vt.把…分层堆放; vi.形成或分成层次; belches:vi.打嗝;喷出;vt.打嗝;喷出;n.打嗝;喷出物; critically:adv.精密地;危急地;批评性地;用钻研眼光地; deadly:adj.致命的;非常的;死一般的;adv.非常;如死一般地; addiction:n.瘾;嗜好;入迷; fossil:n.化石;老人;老古董;adj.从地下发掘出来的;化石的;属于旧时代的;陈腐的;
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| In Delhi , the capital, residents lose 9.4 years off their life expectancy on average. |
在首都德里, 居民的寿命比平均值要低 9.4 年。 |
| In 2020, the skies briefly cleared during the coronavirus lockdown , as cars stayed off the roads, factories shuttered and power plants ramped down. |
2020 年,为对抗冠状病毒实施的封城期间, 人们迎来了短暂的蓝天—— 公路上汽车寥寥, 工厂停止运转, 发电厂的产能骤减, |
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Delhi:n.德里(印度城市名); residents:n.居民;住院医生;房客;(resident的复数) life expectancy:预期寿命; briefly:adv.简要地;简短地;暂时地; coronavirus:n.冠状病毒;日冕形病毒; lockdown:n.一级防范禁闭(期); shuttered:adj.有百叶窗的;v.以百叶窗遮闭(shutter的过去式和过去分词); ramped:adj.倾斜的; v.猛撞;
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| But the economic dislocation has put 400 million Indians at risk of falling deeper into poverty . |
但是突然而来的经济低迷 也让 4 亿印度人 面临陷入进一步贫困的风险。 |
| India should not have to sacrifice development for breathable air. |
印度不应该为了更新鲜的空气 而牺牲经济发展。 |
| There is a better way. |
事实上,还有更好的办法—— |
| For India has a historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy. |
印度大可以抓住这次历史性的机会, 利用清洁能源来实现工业化。 |
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economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的; dislocation:n.转位;混乱;[医]脱臼; poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣; sacrifice:n.牺牲;舍弃;祭献;祭祀;祭品;v.牺牲;献出;作祭献 breathable:adj.可以吸入的,可以呼吸的; historic:adj.有历史意义的;历史上著名的; industrialize:v.(使国家或地区)工业化;
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| That opportunity is why I moved halfway around the world from the US to India to join ReNew Power, |
正是这个机会, 让我飞跃了半个地球, 从美国来到印度, 加入了 ReNew Power |
| India's largest renewable energy company, as CTO. |
这一印度最大的可再生能源公司, 担任 CTO。 |
| After two years of crisscrossing the country, |
在全国实地考察了两年之后, |
| I've seen green shoots everywhere, of a budding clean energy boom , daring me to hope that India can pull off the world's most important energy transition . |
我发现所到之处, 清洁能源的热潮正在萌芽, 让我有充分的信心去期待 印度能够成功的完成 世界上最重要的能源转型。 |
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ReNew:v.重新开始;中止后继续;重复强调;延长; renewable:adj.可再生的;可更新的;可继续的;n.再生性能源; crisscrossing:n.十字形; adj.十字形的; vt.画十字形于…; vi.交叉; v.十字形地; budding:adj.开始发展的;崭露头角的;n.发芽;v.发芽;(bud的现在分词) boom:n.繁荣;吊杆;v.激增;繁荣昌盛;轰鸣;轰响;adj.(美)猛涨起来的; transition:n.过渡;转变;变革;变迁;v.经历转变过程;过渡;
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| Its choices will make or break the world's fight against climate change, for if India chooses fossil fuels to power its growing economy, its carbon emissions could explode , making it the world's number one emitter later this century. |
它的选择将决定全世界 对抗气候变化这一斗争的成败—— 如果印度选择用化石燃料 推动其不断增长的经济, 它的碳排放量可能会爆表, 并在本世纪末成为世界头号排放国。 |
| Still, for most Indians fossil fuels are a luxury . |
然而,对于大多数印度人来说, 化石燃料却是一种奢侈品, |
| Most live in rural areas, and wood, cow dung and bioenergy sources account for two-thirds of household energy use. |
大多数印度人住在农村地区, 木材、牛粪和生物能源 占到了家庭能源使用量的 2/3。 |
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carbon:n.[化学]碳;碳棒;复写纸;adj.碳的;碳处理的; emissions:n.(光、热、气等的)发出,排放;排放物;散发物;(emission的复数) explode:v.爆炸;爆裂;勃然(大怒);突然发生(危险); emitter:n.发射器,发射体; luxury:n.奢侈,奢华;奢侈品;享受;adj.奢侈的; rural:adj.农村的,乡下的;田园的,有乡村风味的; dung:vt.施粪肥于;n.粪; bioenergy:n.生物能; sources:n.来源;出处;起源;根源;原因;v.(从…)获得(source的第三人称单数和复数) account for:对…负有责任;对…做出解释;说明…的原因;导致;(比例)占; two-thirds:n.三分之二;三分之二的;三分之二地; household:n.家庭;一家人;同住一所(或一套)房子的人;adj.家庭的;家常的;王室的;
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| Just six percent of Indians own cars, and two percent have air conditioning . |
只有 6% 的印度人拥有汽车, 2% 的人家里有空调。 |
| Indians will need far more energy to escape poverty and live modern, dignified lifestyles . |
印度人将需要更多的能源 以摆脱贫困,过上现代的、 有尊严的生活方式。 |
| By 2050 most will live in cities, and they'll want to drive to work and cool their homes. |
到 2050 年, 大多数人将居住在城市, 他们都会需要私家车和空调。 |
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air conditioning:n.空调系统;空气调节; dignified:adj.端庄的; v.使有尊严; (dignify的过去分词和过去式) lifestyles:n.生活方式(lifestyle的复数);
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| Along the way, India will become the world's most populous country, home to 1.6 billion people by mid-century . |
同时,印度也将成为 世界上人口最多的国家—— 到本世纪中叶, 人口规模将达到 16 亿。 |
| Its economy could multiply tenfold; its energy needs could quadruple . |
它的经济规模 可能达到现在的十倍, 能源需求可能会翻两番。 |
| Today, coal, oil and gas supply three-quarters of India's energy, producing electricity , fueling vehicles and powering India's factories. |
今天,煤、石油和天然气 占据了印度 3/4 的能源供应—— 发电,为车辆提供燃料, 并为印度的工厂提供电力支持。 |
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populous:adj.人口稠密的;人口多的; mid-century:世纪中叶; multiply:vt.乘; vi.乘; v.多样地; adj.多层的; quadruple:v.(使)变为四倍;adj.四方面的;四倍的;n.四倍 three-quarters:adj.四分之三的;n.四分之三; electricity:n.电力;电流;强烈的紧张情绪; vehicles:n.车辆;飞行器;运行工具;(vehicles是vehicle的复数)
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| If, by 2050, India still gets the same proportion from fossil fuels, it'll be a disaster for everyone, not least local populations, vulnerable to pollution, climate change or rapacious new coal mining. |
如果到了 2050 年,印度仍有 同样的比例的能源来自化石燃料, 这对每个人来说都将是一场灾难, 尤其是当地居民, 他们最容易受到空气污染、气候变化 或是肆无忌惮的新煤矿开采的影响。 |
| Instead, India can make renewable energy the beating heart of a reimagined economy by achieving three audacious goals all at the same time . |
相反,印度可以通过 同时实现三个大胆的目标, 让可再生能源成为 这一重构经济体系的核心。 |
| It's a route no country in history has ever taken, but it is possible, and this moment demands it. |
这是历史上任何一个国家 都没有走过的道路, 并且是有可能实现的, 而此时此刻, 这也是我们的必经之路。 |
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proportion:n.比例;部分;份额;均衡;v.摊派;使相称; disaster:n.灾难,灾祸;不幸; vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的,易受…的攻击;易受伤害的;有弱点的; rapacious:adj.贪婪的;掠夺的; reimagined:重新想象;再回味(reimagine的过去分词) audacious:adj.无畏的;鲁莽的; at the same time:同时;另一方面;与此同时; route:n.路线;路途;固定线路;途径;v.按某路线发送;
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| First, India will need to build solar and wind power at an unprecedented scale and speed, replacing coal-fired power plants. |
首先,印度需要 以前所未有的规模和速度 建设太阳能和风能设施, 以取代燃煤发电厂。 |
| Second, India will need to extend the reach of that renewable energy to power sectors of the economy like industry and transportation that haven't traditionally used electricity. |
其次,印度需要 将可再生能源的应用范围 扩大到工业和交通等 在传统上不使用电力的行业。 |
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unprecedented:adj.空前的;无前例的; scale:n.规模;比例;鳞;刻度;天平;数值范围;v.衡量;攀登;剥落;生水垢; coal-fired:adj.烧煤的; extend:vt.延伸; vi.延伸; sectors:n.部门; v.把…划成扇形; transportation:n.运输;运输系统;运输工具;流放; traditionally:adv.传统上;习惯上;传说上;
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| And third, India must become radically more energy-efficient . |
第三,印度必须从根本上 提高能源效率。 |
| Here's my plan to achieve all three goals. |
以上就是我实现这三个目标的计划。 |
| First, India must build thousands of gigawatts of solar and wind power. |
首先,印度必须建造 数千吉瓦级别的太阳能和风能设施。 |
| To put this in context , it will be more than enough renewable energy to power all of America. |
为了方便大家理解, 这一规模的可再生能源 足够满足全美国的能源需求。 |
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radically:adv.根本上;彻底地;以激进的方式; energy-efficient:adj.节能的,节约能源的;高能效的; gigawatts:n.千兆瓦;十亿瓦特; context:n.环境;上下文;来龙去脉;
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| Fortunately , India is blessed with abundant sunshine . |
幸运的是,印度还有 得天独厚的日照条件。 |
| In theory, you could supply all of its energy needs by tapping the sunlight that shines on less than 10 percent of India's wastelands . |
从理论上讲, 不到 10% 的荒地面积上的日照 就可以满足全印度的能源需求。 |
| India also has substantial untapped wind potential on land and offshore . |
印度的陆地和近海 还拥有大量未开发的 风能潜力。 |
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Fortunately:adv.幸运地; blessed:adj.神圣的; v.求上帝降福于; (bless的过去分词和过去式) abundant:adj.丰富的;充裕的;盛产; sunshine:n.阳光;日光;欢乐;幸福 sunlight:n.日光; wastelands:n.[农]荒地(wasteland的复数); substantial:adj.大量的;实质的;内容充实的;n.本质;重要材料; untapped:adj.未开发的;未使用的;塞子未开的; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的; offshore:adj.离岸的;[海洋]近海的;吹向海面的;adv.向海面,向海;
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| Wind and solar complement each other because the wind often blows harder when it's less sunny, like during the monsoon rains. |
风能和太阳能相得益彰, 因为当日照不足时, 通常都会出现大风天气, 比如在季风降雨期间。 |
| Here's some even more exciting news: |
还有更令人兴奋的消息, |
| Wind and solar power are now cheaper than coal power, and it costs less to build a solar farm in India than anywhere else in the world. |
风能和太阳能现在 比煤电的成本还要低, 而且在印度 建一座太阳能发电场的成本 比世界上任何地方都要更低。 |
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complement:n.补语;余角;补足物;vt.补足,补助; monsoon:n.季风;(印度等地的)雨季;季候风;
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| Batteries have also become dramatically cheaper, making it possible to store and deliver energy on demand . |
电池也变得越来越便宜, 使得按需储存和输送能量成为了可能。 |
| Thanks to falling costs, renewable energy has risen rapidly, but it will need to grow even more explosively through mid-century. |
由于成本下降, 可再生能源得以迅速发展, 但直至本世纪中叶, 它还需要经历更大规模的 爆炸式增长。 |
| This is the critical decade to invest in solar and wind power and avoid locking in new, long-lived coal power plants. |
这是投资太阳能和风能, 并避免锁定新的 耐久型燃煤电厂的关键十年。 |
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Batteries:n.电池;炮组;炮列;[法]殴打;(batteries是battery的复数) dramatically:adv.戏剧地;引人注目地;adv.显著地,剧烈地; on demand:请求即;按需;随选;随需应变; explosively:adv.爆发地,引起爆炸地; invest:v.投资;(把资金)投入;投入(时间、精力等);授予; long-lived:adj.长命的;历时长久的;
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| India must also urgently expand its grid to deliver power for massive solar and wind plants in the sun-soaked deserts of Rajasthan or the windy coast of Gujarat, to energy-hungry cities like Mumbai. |
印度还必须扩建电网, 将拉贾斯坦邦阳光充足的沙漠地区 或古吉拉特邦多风的海岸地区的 大型太阳能和风力发电厂提供的电力 输送到孟买等能源需求旺盛的城市。 |
| Not all renewables should be built at massive scale. |
不是所有的可再生能源 都应该被大规模投入建设, |
| Distributed solar, on the rooftops of warehouses or the outskirts of sprawling cities, can produce power close to where it's needed. |
仓库屋顶上的分布式太阳能设备 或是不断扩张的城郊地区 则可以就地供应能源。 |
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urgently:adv.迫切地;紧急地;急切地; expand:v.扩张;使膨胀;详述;发展;张开,展开; grid:n.网格;格子,栅格;输电网; massive:adj.大量的;巨大的,厚重的;魁伟的; energy-hungry:耗能多的; renewables:n.可再生能源(renewable的复数); Distributed:adj.分布的;分散的;v.分发;分配;使分布(distribute的过去分词和过去式) rooftops:n.屋顶;adj.屋顶上的; warehouses:n.仓库,货栈;货仓;(warehouse的名词复数) outskirts:n.郊区;市郊;(市镇的)边缘地带;(outskirt的复数) sprawling:adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的; v.(手脚)不自然地伸开;
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| Now, to be sure , nuclear and hydropower will be essential to energy transitions around the world. |
目前,可以肯定的是, 核能和水力发电 将对世界各地的能源转型 产生至关重要的作用。 |
| But India simply lacks the state capacity needed to build complex pricey projects at a breakneck pace, and all that push to build renewable wind and solar power best plays to India's strengths. |
但印度缺乏快速建造 复杂而昂贵的工程 所需的强大国力, 这就要求所有建设 可再生风能和太阳能的策略 都能最大程度发挥印度的优势。 |
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to be sure:诚然;的确;哎呀(表惊奇); nuclear:adj.原子能的;[细胞]细胞核的;中心的;原子核的; hydropower:n.水力发出的电力;水力发电; essential:n.要点;要素;实质;必需品;adj.完全必要的;必不可少的;极其重要的;本质的; transitions:n.过渡,转变(transition的复数形式);转场效果;转换滤镜; capacity:n.能力;容量;资格,地位;生产力; complex:adj.复杂的;合成的;n.复合体;综合设施; pricey:adj.高价的,过分昂贵的; breakneck:adj.非常危险的;要使颈骨折断似的;极快的;
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| The second audacious goal is to use renewable energy across the economy, including in sectors like industry and transportation that don't use electricity today. |
第二个大胆的目标 就是在整个经济体系中 广泛部署可再生能源, 包括工业和运输业等 通常不使用电力的部门。 |
| As rising renewable energy makes the power grid cleaner, |
随着可再生能源技术的进步, 电网变得更加清洁, |
| India should make all of its trains run on electricity and move more heavy freight from heavy trucks to rail. |
印度应该开始制造电力火车, 把重型货物的运输途径 从重型卡车转移到铁路。 |
| India's road vehicle fleet can also go electric. |
印度的公路车队 也可以实现电动化。 |
| Now, to be clear, we're mostly not talking about these electric vehicles, but these. |
在此我要澄清的是, 我们讨论的不是这些电动汽车, 而是这些。 |
| Two- and three-wheelers make up more than 80 percent of India's vehicle fleet. |
两轮和三轮车 占印度车辆总数的 80% 以上。 |
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freight:vt.运送;装货;使充满;n.货运;运费;船货; fleet:n.舰队; v.浅; v.掠过; adj.跑得快的;
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| To accelerate the adoption of electric scooters and rickshaws , |
为了加速实现 电动摩托和人力车的广泛部署, |
| India should build out charging stations and beef up local power grids to handle the influx of electricity demand. |
印度应该修建更多的充电站, 强化当地电网, 以满足不断攀升的电力需求。 |
| Still, electrification won't work everywhere. |
不过,电气化并不是万灵药。 |
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accelerate:v.加快;加速;n.接受速成教育的学生; adoption:n.采用;收养;接受; scooters:n.踏板车;小轮摩托车;滑行艇(scooter的复数); rickshaws:n.黄包车(rickshaw的复数形式); grids:n.[数]网格(grid的复数形式);栅格; handle:n.[建]把手;柄;手感;口实;v.处理;操作;运用;买卖;触摸; influx:n.流入;汇集;河流的汇集处; electrification:n.电气化;带电;充电;
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| It may not be possible to use electricity to power some heavy industrial processes in the fast-growing steel, cement , fertilizer and petrochemical sectors. |
在快速增长的 钢铁、水泥、化肥和石化行业, 很可能无法用电 来为一些重工业过程提供动力。 |
| Plants may need to add equipment to capture carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. |
工厂可能需要增加设备 来捕捉燃烧化石燃料产生的碳排放。 |
| Another solution could be clean hydrogen . |
另一种解决方案可能是清洁氢。 |
| Surplus renewable electricity can run machines called electrolyzers that can split water into oxygen and green hydrogen fuel. |
过剩的可再生电力可以用来运行 一种叫做“电解槽”的机器, 能将水分解成氧气和绿色氢燃料, |
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processes:n.过程; v.处理(process的第三人称单数形式); fast-growing:adj.生长迅速的;发育快的; cement:n.水泥;(干燥后硬化的)水泥;胶合剂;胶接剂;v.加强;胶合; fertilizer:n.[肥料]肥料;受精媒介物;促进发展者; petrochemical:adj.石化的;n.石油化学产品; capture:v.俘虏;捕获;攻占;夺得;刻画,描述;n.(被)捕获;(被)俘获 solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答; hydrogen:n.氢;氢气; Surplus:n.剩余;[贸易]顺差;盈余;过剩;adj.剩余的;过剩的; split:v.分离;使分离;劈开;离开;分解;n.劈开;裂缝;adj.劈开的;
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| That hydrogen can then power applications in transportation and industry, such as making steel or chemicals . |
这些氢气则可以为运输和工业生产 如炼钢或化工等各种领域提供动力。 |
| Hydrogen can also act as a sort of battery , storing surplus wind and solar power to be used later. |
氢也可以作为一种电池, 储存多余的风能和太阳能以备用。 |
| Finally , the third goal is to radically improve energy efficiency . |
最后,第三个目标, 就是从根本上提高能源效率。 |
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chemicals:n.化学制品;化学品;(chemical的复数) battery:n.[电]电池,蓄电池;n.[法]殴打;n.[军]炮台,炮位; Finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地; improve:v.改进;改善; efficiency:n.效率;效能;功效;
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| If there's any country in the world where efficiency is all-important , it's India. |
如果世界上有哪个国家 对效率的需求最高, 那就是印度。 |
| Even if India builds a massive supply of renewable energy and extends the reach of that energy by stitching together its economy, it won't be enough without energy efficiency. |
即使印度实现了 充足的可再生能源供应, 并通过整合其经济 来扩大可再生能源的使用范围, 但如果没有提高能源效率, 也只是事倍功半。 |
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all-important:adj.非常重要的;首要的; extends:v.使伸长;扩大;扩展;延长;使延期;(extend的第三人称单数) stitching:n.(一行)针脚;v.缝补;缝合(伤口);(stitch的现在分词)
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| Because if India's voracious demand for energy rises too quickly, it'll have to fill the gap with polluting fossil fuels. |
因为如果印度对能源的 巨大需求增长过快, 它将不得不用 污染严重的化石燃料来填补缺口。 |
| Here's a crazy statistic : |
这里有一个骇人的统计数字: |
| Just to power the insane demand for air conditioning, |
只是为了满足对空调的疯狂需求, |
| India will need to add 70 percent of the power system capacity of all of Europe today. |
印度就需要增加相当于 当今全欧洲 70% 的 电力系统容量。 |
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voracious:adj.贪婪的;贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的; gap:n.差距;间隙;缺口;间隔;v.使豁裂;豁开; statistic:n.统计学;统计数字;统计资料;(一项)统计数据;adj.统计(上)的; insane:adj.疯狂的;精神病的;极愚蠢的;
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| And because much of India is hot and humid , air conditioning demand will peak during sweaty nights, making it tough for solar to power ACs. |
也因为印度大部分地区的湿热气候, 空调需求往往在闷热的夜晚 会达到高峰, 使得太阳能 很难满足空调的电力需求。 |
| But far more efficient air conditioners could make it possible to power the aspirations of a rising middle class with renewable energy. |
但更高效的空调 可能会让不断壮大的中产阶级 得以利用可再生能源 来满足他们的需求。 |
| India's big advantage is that it's largely a clean slate . |
印度最大的优势就在于 它可以从零开始。 |
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humid:adj.潮湿的;湿润的;多湿气的; peak:n.高峰; v.达到高峰; adj.最高度的; sweaty:adj.出汗的;吃力的;使人出汗的; conditioners:[自]调节器;调料槽;调节剂(conditioner的复数); aspirations:n.愿望; middle class:adj.中产阶级的;中层社会的; advantage:n.有利条件:优势:优点: largely:adv.主要地;大部分;大量地; clean slate:尽弃前嫌,重新开始;
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| An incredible 70 percent of India's infrastructure in 2030 hasn't been built yet. |
展望 2030 年, 印度 70% 的基础设施 都还没有建成。 |
| That presents a huge opportunity to enact stringent efficiency standards and design energy-efficient buildings and cities. |
这就为制定严格的能效标准, 以及设计节能建筑和城市 提供了巨大的机会。 |
| Still, there are warning signs that India's energy transition could sputter out. |
然而,也有迹象表明, 印度的能源转型可能会戛然而止。 |
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incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; infrastructure:n.基础设施;公共建设;下部构造; enact:vt.颁布;制定法律;扮演;发生; stringent:adj.严格的;严厉的;紧缩的;短缺的; standards:n.标准,水平,规格(standard的复数) sputter:n.劈啪声; v.发出噼啪声;
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| COVID-19 sharply slowed the building of new renewable energy plants. |
新冠疫情的突然爆发严重阻碍了 新的可再生能源工厂的建造进度。 |
| Even larger challenges loom . |
甚至还有更大的挑战正在逼近。 |
| First, India's electricity distribution utilities are mismanaged , economically fragile and forced by many states to subsidize power to farmers and residential customers. |
首先,印度的配电设施管理不善, 在财政上捉襟见肘, 许多邦被迫向农民和居民 提供用电补贴。 |
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sharply:adv.急剧地;锐利地; loom:n.织布机;v.(尤指)令人惊恐地隐现;显得突出;逼近 distribution:n.分布;分配;分发;分销; utilities:n.公用事业;实用工具,[计]实用程序;公用程式;(utility的复数) mismanaged:v.对…处理失当;对…管理不当;(mismanage的过去式和过去分词) economically:adv.经济地;在经济上;节俭地; fragile:adj.脆的;易碎的; subsidize:vt.资助;给与奖助金;向…行贿; residential:adj.住宅的;与居住有关的;
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| India needs reforms to more efficiently combat energy poverty while overhauling unprofitable utilities so they can pay for clean energy on time. |
印度需要通过改革 来更有效的消除能源贫困, 同时整顿入不敷出的公用事业, 以按计划支付清洁能源的费用。 |
| Doing so will make it possible to raise trillions of dollars at home and abroad to finance India's clean energy transition. |
这样将可能有助于 在国内外筹集数万亿美元, 为印度清洁能源转型提供资金。 |
| Second, that transition will stall without new and improved technologies . |
其次,如果没有新的或改进的技术, 这种转变也将停滞不前。 |
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reforms:n.改革(reform的复数);v.改革(reform的单数第三人称); efficiently:adv.有效地;效率高地(efficient的副词形式); combat:v.战斗;防止;减轻;与…搏斗;n.战斗;搏斗;打仗; overhauling:n.大修;翻修;拆检;卸修;v.翻修;精细检查(overhaul的ing形式); unprofitable:adj.无益的,没有用的;没有利润的; trillions:n.[数]万亿;adj.万亿的;num.[数]万亿; abroad:adv.在国外;到海外;adj.往国外的;n.海外;异国; finance:n.财政,财政学;金融;v.负担经费,供给…经费; stall:n.摊位;牲畜棚;小隔间,淋浴室,洗手间;v.(使)熄火,抛锚;故意拖延; improved:adj.改良的:v.改进:改善(improve的过去分词和过去式) technologies:n.技术;科技(technology的复数);
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| Here's an economic opportunity for India to cultivate advanced clean energy industries. |
这是印度发展先进清洁能源产业的 一个难得的经济机会。 |
| In the future, India should manufacture and export energy-efficient air conditioners, electric two- and three-wheelers and equipment to produce and use hydrogen. |
在未来,印度应该制造和出口 节能空调, 电动两轮和三轮车, 以及生产和使用氢能源的设备。 |
| India's already strong in wind power manufacturing , and it could become a global leader in digital energy technologies. |
印度在风力发电制造业方面 已经具备很强的实力, 而且很可能会成为 一个数字能源技术领域的全球领导者。 |
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cultivate:vt.培养;陶冶;耕作; advanced:adj.先进的; v.前进; (advance的过去式和过去分词形式) manufacture:v.(用机器)大量生产; n.大量制造; export:n.出口;[无线电]呼叫;出口货;输出额;v.出口;排出;adj.输出的; manufacturing:n.制造业;工业;v.制造;生产(manufacture的现在分词); global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; digital:adj.数字的;手指的;n.数字;键;
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| The international community can help here by funding innovation to make India's energy transition faster and more affordable . |
国际社会可以通过资助创新 来帮助印度加快能源转型, 降低成本。 |
| Countries like the United States should help fund public procurement of advanced air conditioners and partner to build projects on the ground in India that demonstrate critical technologies, such as long-duration energy storage and carbon capture. |
美国等国家应该协助 为高档空调的公共采购提供资金, 并与印度合作建设 能够展示长期能源存储 和碳捕获等关键技术的实地项目。 |
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funding:n.基金;资金;提供资金;v.为…提供资金;拨款给;(fund的现在分词) innovation:n.创新,革新;新方法; affordable:adj.负担得起的; United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式) procurement:n.采购;获得,取得; demonstrate:vt.证明;展示;论证;vi.示威;
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| Finally, coal isn't going away without a fight. |
最后,对煤炭的需求不会轻易消失。 |
| It's big business in India. |
这在印度是一门 规模相当可观的生意。 |
| Near Korba, India's coal capital, private companies are pushing ahead to expand coal mining, even deforesting an elephant preserve to dig out the coal underneath . |
在印度煤都科尔巴附近, 私营公司仍在 努力扩大煤炭的开采规模, 为了开采地下煤矿, 不惜砍伐大象保护区的森林, |
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big business:n.(统称)大企业;大生意; deforesting:v.砍伐森林;去掉树木;(deforest的现在分词) preserve:vt.保存;保护;维持;腌;禁猎;n.保护区;禁猎地;加工成的食品; underneath:prep.在…的下面;在…的支配下;n.下面;底部;adj.下面的;底层的;
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| I witnessed the destruction firsthand . |
我亲眼目睹了这种破坏。 |
| But for every Korba there is a Kutch. |
但每一个像科尔巴这样的城市, 都有一个标新立异的喀奇县。 |
| In this wind-swept region of Gujarat, I gaped as construction crews hoisted 70-ton nacelles atop towers taller than a football field is long. |
在古吉拉特邦这个狂风肆虐的地区, 当建筑工人将 70 吨重的机舱 悬吊于比足球场的长度还高的塔顶时, 我简直惊呆了。 |
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witnessed:v.当场看到,目击;见证;作证;(witness的过去式和过去分词) destruction:n.破坏,毁灭;摧毁; firsthand:adj.直接的;直接采购的;直接得来的;adv.直接地; region:n.地区;范围;部位; gaped:vi.裂开,张开;打呵欠;n.裂口,张嘴;呵欠; construction:n.建设;建筑物;解释;造句; hoisted:v.吊起;提升;拉高;(hoist的过去分词和过去式) nacelles:n.短舱(nacelle的复数形式); atop:prep.在…的顶上;adv.在顶上;
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| The wind turbine blades are manufactured in India, and the electricity they'll go on to generate will help power economic growth. |
它的风力涡轮机的叶片 是在印度制造的, 它们所产生的电力将有助于 推动经济增长。 |
| Renewable energy offers India a cleaner and more prosperous future than coal ever can. |
可再生能源为印度提供了一个 比煤炭更清洁、更繁荣的未来。 |
| Unless we hasten the transition, air pollution and climate change will continue to ravage the country and endanger the planet. |
除非我们加快这种转型, 否则空气污染和气候变化 将继续摧残这个国家, 并危及地球的生态。 |
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wind turbine:n.风力机;风力涡轮机;风力发电机; blades:n.刀身;刀片;刀刃;叶片;桨叶;桨身;(blade的复数) manufactured:adj.制造的,已制成的;v.制造,加工(manufacture的过去式); generate:v.产生;引起; prosperous:adj.繁荣的;兴旺的; hasten:vt.加速;使赶紧;催促;vi.赶快;急忙; ravage:v.蹂躏;毁坏;损坏;严重损害;n.灾害;破坏;暴力; endanger:v.使遭危险;危及;危害;
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| So, let's get to work. |
那么,让我们开始行动吧！ |
| Thank you. |
谢谢。 |