The enormous pressure inside the gas pipeline grid that supplies UK homes is set to be harnessed to generate clean electricity.

在英国，天然气管道输送网络为千家万户提供能源。 而在管道内存在着巨大的压力，这些压力即将被用来生产清洁电能。

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Jug kettles are fast and convenient, but their fuel - electricity from the national grid - produces almost three times more greenhouse gas for each unit of heat than burning gas in the home does.

电热水壶烧水快而且方便，不过它们的燃料——来自全国电网的电——产生每单位热量所排放的温室气体是自己在家烧煤气的3倍。

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Scottish Power, National Grid and Shell UK want to use an existing natural gas line - running from Falkirk to Peterhead - for the project.

苏格兰电力、英国国家电力供应公司和壳牌公司计划在工程中使用一个已有的从福尔·柯克(Falkirk)到彼得·黑德(Peterhead)的天然气管道。

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"Someone could attack the industrial control systems that control all the valves, all the distribution systems, and are used to turn on and off various aspects involved with energy and the electrical power grid and oil and gas distribution networks,".

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National Grid Gas could not be expected to have known about the soil type, the report said.

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"HSE's investigation has concluded that National Grid Gas have correctly applied their gas mains maintenance procedures in relation to the low pressure main located at 1-5 Bridge Street, " the report said.

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The UK won't benefit from substantially lower prices unless the rest of Europe decides to back shale gas too, as Europe has a gas grid that allows gas to be traded to the highest bidder.

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