While there's a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking.
虽然要走的路还很长，但可再生能源的趋势正在增强。
Increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar.
可再生能源，尤其是风能和太阳能的价格直线下降，正日益成为人们关注的焦点。
But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar.
但是，可再生能源，尤其是风能和太阳能的价格直线下降，正日益成为人们关注的焦点。
Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.
然而，如果化石燃料价格长期保持低位，可再生能源的发展进程可能会非常脆弱。
The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: they now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.
世界各地向可再生能源转移的势头正在加快：目前，可再生能源在已上线新能源中已经超过一半。
Even Africa and the Middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.
即便是严重依赖化石燃料出口的经济体所在的非洲和中东，在发展可再生能源方面也有巨大的潜力。
Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.
可再生能源只占全球主要能源消耗的一小部分，化石能源仍然占主导地位——煤炭和石油各占30%，天然气占25%。
He and other scientists say there are basically two options to replacing fossil fuels, generating energy with renewables, or embracing nuclear power.
他以及其他科学家表示，现在主要有两种替代化石燃料的选择，即用可再生能源产生能量或采用核能。
Renewables would have a clearer run at that segment of the market.
在市场的这一领域内，可再生能源的趋势将更加清晰。
But without renewables, Japan's carbon footprint looks set to grow.
但是没有可更新能源，日本的碳排放量就注定要增加。
Yet solar is considerably more expensive even than other renewables.
然而，利用太阳能的成本远高于其他的可再生能源。
Many more promote ethanol, or renewables, or energy-efficient buildings.
更多的州致力于推广乙醇、可再生能源，或节能建筑。
We have done studies on micro-energy and renewables, but they are expensive.
我们已经对微能源和可再生能源进行了研究，不过它们都过于昂贵。
Reluctant utilities may have to come up with extra money for renewables.
不情愿的公用事业单位不得不提供额外的资金开发可再生能源。
Since then, renewables like solar and wind have expanded their share from 6.6% to 16.5%.
从此以后，像太阳能和风能的可再生能源将从占总发电量6.6%上升到16.5%。
To shift fully to renewables, Germany needs to boost storage capacity by a factor of 500.
为了完全转型为可再生能源，德国每个发电厂需要提高500的蓄电量。
The country's current goal is to get 10 percent of its power from renewables by 2020.
国家现时的目标是在2020年在新能源中获取10%的动力。
"Without a lot of renewables, the business model for CAES is not that strong," Holst said.
“如果没有大量可再生能源，CAES的商业模式就不强，”霍尔斯特说。
“Without a lot of renewables, the business model for CAES is not that strong,” Holst said.
“如果没有大量可再生能源，CAES的商业模式就不强，”霍尔斯特说。
She had argued for the extension as a low-cost “bridge” to a future based on renewables.
最初，她一直提倡将“延长核电站使用年限”作为一个“低成本桥梁”联通至以可替代能源为基础的未来。
For renewables a gigawatt of power is a massive amount; for nuclear power it is the basic unit.
十亿瓦对于可再生资源来说是一个大数目，可对于核动力而言，却是最基本的。
Hydropower produces about 15% of the world's electricity, compared with 3% for other renewables.
水电产能约占全球总电力的15%，其他可再生能源占3%。
Lest readers think I am against renewables let me be clear: I've put my money into this technology.
为免读者认为我反对利用可再生能源，让我澄清：我自己也把钱用在了这项技术里。
That was partly due to the bad economy, and partly to the increased use of renewables and natural gas.
一部分原因是因为那一段时间经济萧条，另一个原因就是可再生能源以及天然气的使用量增加。
With gas too risky, coal too dirty, nuclear too slow and renewables too unreliable, Britain is in a bind.
天然气太冒险、煤炭污染太严重、核电发电太慢、可再生能源太不可靠了，英国陷入了困境。
While renewables were struggling to get off the ground, the world’s demand for energy would grow quickly.
尽管可再生能源在努力奋斗，但世界能源需求增长很快。
While renewables were struggling to get off the ground, the world’s demand for energy would grow quickly.
尽管可再生能源在努力奋斗，但世界能源需求增长很快。
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