And even with the plant at full power during the day, the utility still had to buy power from other companies to meet their peak daytime demand.

另外，甚至电厂白天满负荷运行，公用事业单位仍然不得不从其他公司购买电力，以满足他们白天的峰值需求。

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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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They found out that the utility company Ameren was planning to build a 160 hectare [400 acre] coal ash landfill in the floodplain, next door to its massive power plant in Labadie.

她们得知，阿莫林电力公司正计划在拉巴迪镇这片临近公司的河滩上，开一个占地160公顷的煤灰掩埋场。

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State utility Florida Power and Light says its Arcadia plant will produce 25 megawatts of energy, making it the largest in the nation at least for now.

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All of the new start-up reactors are tiny compared to the 104 old ones, each of which was custom designed for and constructed at the site of its utility power plant.

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It is one of the major players in system installation, with the majority of its installation in the utility and power plant segment.

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They frequently depend on venture-capital funds which are dwarfed by the cost of even a single utility-scale power plant.

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