In principle, all the power needs of the United States could be provided by exploiting the wind potential of just three states—North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas.

原则上，美国所有的电力需求，只开发三个州——北达科他州、南达科他州和得克萨斯州——的风能潜力就可以满足。

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South Africa and Kenya have not announced such long-term goals, but with power shortages and wind potential of up to 60, 000MW and 30, 000MW respectively, local projects are expected to boom.

而南非和肯尼亚还没有宣布各自的长期目标，不过尽管电力短缺，但这两个国家分别有高达6000万千瓦和3000万千瓦的风能潜力。 估计当地的风力发电项目将比比皆是。

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Despite the nation's technical prowess, wind power is underdeveloped and little effort has been made to exploit Japan's vast geothermal potential.

撇去此国家的高超技术不说，日本的风能利用尚未普及，其蕴藏着的丰富的地热资源也还没有得到很好的开发。

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North Carolina boasts more offshore wind power potential than any other state on the East Coast, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Waterfall added that FloDesign's low-wind technology has the potential not only to revolutionize wind-power technology, but also to make wind-power a viable energy solution for New England's energy needs.

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Environmentalists also see potential for wind power generation along the coast, where windmills on islands could supply some big cities.

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