Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant.

皮尔金顿在1953年建立了一个试点工厂，到1955年说服他的公司建立了一个完整规模的工厂。

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From a distance, on the other hand, the Coke Tower looms large in splendid solitude without even its former power plant still standing to give it some scale and context.

另一方面，隔开一段距离，这座可口可乐塔在壮观的荒地中赫然耸立，甚至抽离了它先前发电站的给予它的规模和情境。

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In the right climate, both can be deployed at "utility scale," meaning that if it's breezy or sunny enough, a wind or solar farm can produce as much power as a coal-fired plant.

在气候适宜的时候，这两者都可以达到“实用水平”。也就是说，如果有风或者是太阳足够好的话，一个风能或者太阳能发电厂可以达到一个煤电厂的发电水平。

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"For the very first time, a large-scale solar power plant, the largest of its kind in the entire nation, will deliver electricity produced by the sun to the citizens of the Sunshine State.

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So a plant needs to be built at a certain scale in order to recoup the upfront investments and keep the energy production costs down.

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It's installing a large-scale version of the original system at a plant in Oakville, Ontario--thanks to the generosity of the Canadian government.

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If we can show, for example, that a commercial scale cellulosic biofuel plant in Iowa can succeed, the private sector will likely finance many more of them around the country.

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