浙江天台县平桥第二中学2014届高三英语上学期读写备考训练12.docVIP

浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2014届高三英语 上学期读写备考训练12 A(11JS) According to the US government, wind farms off the Pacific coast could produce 900 gigwatts of electricity every year. Unfortunately, the water there is far too deep for even the tallest windmills(see picture)to touch bottom. An experiment under way off the coast of Norway, however, could help put them anywhere. The project, called Hywind, is the world’s first large-scale deepwater wind turbine(涡轮发电机).Although it uses a fairly standard 152-ton,2.3-megawatt turbine, Hywind represents totally new technology. The turbine will be fixed 213 feet above the w