Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.
煤炭和天然气主要用于发电，而石油主要用于给运输提供能量，但所有这些能源的价格是相互关联的。
Traditional electricity generation is inherently wasteful.
传统的发电方式有着固有的浪费性。
The closest substitute for coal in electricity generation is natural gas.
与煤炭最相近的发电替代品就是天然气。
Nuclear power currently accounts for 16 percent of Russia’s electricity generation.
目前，核能占俄罗斯发电量的16%。
The idea of wireless power transfer is almost as old as electricity generation itself.
关于无线输电的构想几乎和发电本身一般古老。
It's a major step forward in delivering the reality of carbon-free fossil fuel electricity generation.
这也标志着人类向着实现化石燃料无碳发电迈出了一大步。
Seeking to forge a consensus, Mr Piñera in May set up a committee to advise on electricity generation.
为了达成一个共识，Piñera先生在5月份成立了一个委员会来商量发电问题。
The rest of the plant can then be further used to produce liquid fuels, or burned to produce steam for electricity generation.
植物剩下的部分可以被进一步利用，生产液体燃料，或者用来燃烧，产生蒸汽发电。
Yet the benefits also promise to be huge: power savings, reduced investment in electricity generation and lower carbon emissions.
然而收益也将同样可观：可以节省电能，减少发电投入和降低碳排放量。
Nearly half of America’s electricity is generated by coal, and electricity generation accounts for 40% of America’s carbon-dioxide emissions.
美国有近一半的电力来自煤电厂，而美国二氧化碳的40%来自于发电。
Nearly half of America's electricity is generated by coal, and electricity generation accounts for 40% of America's carbon-dioxide emissions.
美国有近一半的电力来自煤电厂，而美国二氧化碳的40%来自于发电。
Between 2008 and 2009, emissions from electricity generation fell by 13% as a result of lower use of coal-fired generation but more use of nuclear.
从2008年到2009年，因为将少使用火力发电而改用核能，发电厂的排放量下降了13%。
In Ulan Bator, the air pollution is mainly related to the burning of coal, wood and everything else for heating, cooking, and electricity generation.
乌兰巴托空气污染的主要原因是燃烧煤、木材和其它所有用于加热、做饭和发电的材料。
The team also assessed scenarios in the transportation and electricity generation sectors, including increased cycling and walking in London and Delhi, India.
研究组还研究了运输及发电领域改造的可能性，包括鼓励在伦敦、印度德里使用自行车或徒步。
Indeed, many experts believe that the future of electricity generation will not come from further refinement of solar, wind, coal or nuclear energy, but from fuel cells.
很多专家认为未来的电能不会来自改良后的太阳能、风能、煤炭或核能，而将来自燃料电池。
Nuclear power made up 14% of the state's electricity generation in 2009, and several more reactors may be built, pending approval from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
在2009年，核能占到了该州电力产量的14%，而且另外几座核反应堆的兴建即将获得联邦核管理委员会的批准。
Britain needs to increase its capacity for electricity generation because all but one of the country's nuclear facilities, and half of its coal power plants, are due to shut by 2023.
英国需要加强供电能力，因为到2023年，除了一个核电站之外，英国的所有核电站和一半的煤炭发电厂都面临关闭的命运。
The country's electricity generation rose 13 percent in August to 95.77 billion kilowatt hours as the hot weather boosted demand for air conditioning, the federation said in a report.
联合会报告指出，炎热天气助长了空调的大量使用，全国8月发电量增长13%至957.7亿千瓦小时。
Poor countries will show the strongest growth in electricity generation, increasing by an average of 4% per year from 2005 to 2030, compared with 1.3% per year for their richer counterparts.
贫穷国家将在发电量上增长最快，从2005年到2030年，平均每年上涨4%，而较富裕国家则为每年增长1.3%。
WHO said the reasons for the high pollution levels varied, but that often rapid industrialization and the use of poor quality fuels for transportation and electricity generation are to blame.
世界卫生组织说，导致高污染水平的原因各有不同，不过通常是由迅速工业化及在交通和发电上使用低质量的燃料导致的。
The association estimates that generation of nuclear power would rise by 20% between now and 2030, but the share of nuclear in electricity generation would fall from 14% to 11% during the same period.
国际能源署预计从现在到2030年，核电发电量将增长20%，但同期核电占发电总量的比重将从14%降至11%。
Energy is a vital component of a technology-based society, and the growing need for electricity generation by the most efficient method will ensure a promising future for ceramic fuel cell technology.
能源对于以科技为基础的社会来说是不可或缺的组成部分，而且由于人们越来越需要用最经济的方法获得电能，因此陶瓷燃料电池的未来必定一片光明。
The researchers realised that they might be able to copy the eel's electricity-generation mechanism.
研究者发现，人们有可能复制电鳗的这种发电机制。
Last year the industry installed 37, 500 megawatts of electricity-generation capacity, increasing the total installed base by almost a third. Capacity in China doubled.
去年，整个业界安装了37,500兆瓦的发电容量，总装机容量提高了近三分之一，而中国的装机容量则增加了一倍。
Last year the industry installed 37, 500 megawatts of electricity-generation capacity, increasing the total installed base by almost a third. Capacity in China doubled.
去年，整个业界安装了37,500兆瓦的发电容量，总装机容量提高了近三分之一，而中国的装机容量则增加了一倍。
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