The capacity of individual power stations, many of them hydro plants, rose from a few kilowatts to over a megawatt in less than a decade.

在不到十年的时间里，单个发电站的发电能力就从几千瓦上升到了几兆瓦，其中许多是水力发电站。

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It remains lunacy to produce yet more coal to add to power stations' stockpiles.

发电站的积存如此多却还在生产更多的煤，这实在是荒谬。

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The ten-year deal is a vote of confidence in coal-fired power stations.

这份10年协议是对燃煤电站的支持。

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And it would be impossible to completely cease using coal-fired power stations - especially in Germany - because of a lack of alternative capacity.

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But he said for it to be "fully convincing", Mr Cameron should be clear he would rule out all "dirty" coal fired power stations - including plans for a new plant at Kingsnorth, Kent.

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Other fossil fuels produce more carbon dioxide, so replacing Britain's coal-fired power stations with gas-fired ones would decrease the country's carbon emissions.

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