The Dutch consortium behind the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project has leased 66, 000 hectares of land on the eastern edge of the world's largest permanent desert lake.

支持图尔卡纳湖风力发电（LTWP)项目的荷兰财团在世界上最大的固定沙漠湖的东部边缘租用了6.6万公顷的土地。

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At night or on weekends, when there is plenty of available power, lake water is pumped electrically through big pipes into a second reservoir 140 meters above the main reservoir.

在晚上或周末，当电力足够用，湖里的水通过管道泵入主水库140米以上的第二个备用水库。

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Now the power plant, along with the recreational lake attached to it, could soon be gone.

现在的发电厂，以及连接到它的休闲湖泊，可能很快就要关闭了。

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But Gerbrandt doubts this rating uptick for the Salt Lake games will have any staying power for games to come in later years.

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Two huge hydro-electric power schemes, on Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique and in the Lesotho mountains, which will zap electricity across the region, are also being built.

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Campaigners from the Keep Windermere Alive Association, claim a series of studies conclude a wide range of activities can safely take place on the lake, including the use of power boats.

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