Even in the agricultural ecosystem of a country renowned for endless fields of wheat, there is a coexistence of all elements of the food chain, from small farms to large power plants.

即使一个国家的农业生态系统以其一望无际的小麦而闻名，但从小型农场到大型发电厂，食物链中的所有因素都需要共存。

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The electric-power industry is gun-shy about building more large plants.

电力行业对建设更多的大型电厂十分担心。

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Most carbon-capture systems propose sequestering CO2 from large facilities such as power plants.

大多数碳捕捉系统从像发电厂这样的大型设施里封存CO2。

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Fenton says within three years the cost of large solar plants should be the same as for coal or oil power plants.

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Large power plants would achieve significant fuel savings and thus greatly reduce their carbon dioxide emissions as a result of such an increase.

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But for the most part, large power plants cannot shutdown for just one hour as there are thermal and mechanical concerns that put the plant at risk of being damaged for doing so.

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The cost of producing solar electricity by large solar power plants plummeted from 31 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2009 to 14 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2012.

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