We fear the breakdown of the electric grid, the end of non-renewable resources, the expansion of deserts, the loss of islands, and the pollution of our air and water.

我们担心电网会崩溃、不可再生资源会枯竭、沙漠会扩张、岛屿会消失、空气和水会受到污染。

What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become "prosumers", who produce and consume their own energy onsite?

随着越来越多的人成为“产消者”，就地生产和消费自家生产的能源，那么花了几十年时间和数十亿美元才建成的中央电网的命运会如何？

First we'll fix the electric grid.

首先我们要修电网。

Electrify transportation and re-invent our electric grid.

电气化交通业，重造我们的电网。

The high temperatures put pressure on the city's electric grid.

高温对这个城市的电网造成巨大压力。

The electric grid is technology intensive and capital intensive.

电网企业属于技术密集型、资金密集型企业。

What does the financial market and the electric grid have in common?

金融市场和电力网有什么共同点？

Ultracapacitors hold promise for a similar job on the electric grid.

超级电容在电网中也可能发挥相同的作用。

Texas has its own electric grid, which was not built to handle so much generation from west Texas.

德州现目前拥有的电网建设之初就没有设计用来传输大量来自西部的电量。

With the help of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, it is adopting the electric grid of the future.

在盖维电力公司的帮助下，他们实现了面向未来的电力网络。

The advantage is that these smaller plants can be located off the main electric grid to supply rural customers.

其优点在于这些更小的电站可以位于主电网之外，提供给农村的用户。

In Japan, that calamity arose when the quake crippled the electric grid and the tsunami knocked out backup generators.

在日本，地震毁坏了电网、海啸冲毁备用发电机组的时候灾难就降临了。

To stabilize the reactors and restart cooling systems, the company rushed to reconnect the power plant to the electric grid.

为了稳定反应堆和重启冷却系统，公司是迅速要重新将电厂和电网连接起来。

In 2010, more hackers will be attacking the Internet because more critical infrastructure like the electric grid will be online.

2010年，更多的黑客将攻击互联网，因为越来越多的关键基础设施如电网将实现网络互连。

For the special geographical position and climatic feature, the ice covering and melting of Hunan electric grid occur almost every year.

湖南电网由于其所处特殊的地理位置和气候特征，输电线路的覆冰、融冰工作几乎每年都必不可少。

Few of us generate our own electricity: instead we rely on the pooled resources of an electric grid, use what we need and pay by the meter.

我们没几个人会自己发电：我们依靠联营的电网，按需使用，按量计费。

Container ships sit in the Pacific or at docks in Japan, wary of unloading tons of pork and steak because of that nation's fractured electric grid.

由于日本电网断开，在太平洋和日本码头上的集装箱里装运的数吨牛肉和猪肉都得被极其小心的卸载。

The London-based research company says solar is viable against fossil fuels on the electric grid in the most sunny regions such as the Middle East.

这家位于伦敦的研究公司表示，在诸如中东等大部分时间都阳光普照的地区，太阳能发电相对于化石燃料发电来说是可行的。

To meet that need, utilities buy consistent always-on power from the large, cheap coal and nuclear power plants that are the backbone of the electric grid.

为了满足这一需求，公用事业单位购买稳定可用的电能总是会选择大规模而廉价的煤电厂和核电厂，它们才是电网的支柱。

Batteries are an essential part of most modern gadgets, and their role is expected to expand as they're incorporated into vehicles and the electric grid itself.

在大部分的现代小玩意中，电池都是必要的部件，随着应用于汽车和电网，预计电池充当的角色更为扩展。

The reaction time for large thermal generator with high initial response excitation system is very important to the transient stability of the electric grid.

大型高起始励磁系统发电机组的电压响应时间对电网的暂态稳定性至关重要。

For the U.S., Sawyer said, upgrades to the electric grid could help raise wind power's share from about 2% of total electricity today to 20% or more, by the year 2030.

索耶表示，目前风力发电仅占美国电力市场的2%。随着电网升级，到2030年风能的市场份额将上升20%甚至更多。

His technology, Eitouni says, could be used in next-generation electric cars and even in the electric grid, which would be a new application for lithium-ion batteries.

Eitouni说这项技术将会用在下一代电动汽车上，甚至用于锂电池组成的新电网上。

A number of big, established car makers have announced plans to produce cars that will pull from the electric grid all or part of the energy needed to make them go.

一些老牌大汽车厂商已经宣布计划，要生产完全或部分电力驱动的汽车。