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1. hydro power plant
2. solar power plant
3. nuclear power plant
4. wind power plant
5. gas-fired power plant
6. run-of-river power plant
7. coal-fired power plant
8. lignite-fired power plant
9. pump-storage power plant
a) a traditional type of power plant which burns a solid, black fossil fuel
b) a power plant which pumps water back uphill into a reservoir during periods of low demand
c) a plant which uses the flow of water from a reservoir to generate electricity
d) a power station utilizing the natural flow of water in a river for generating power
e) type of power plant that uses uranium as its primary fuel
f) a power plant which uses the natural flow of air to generate electricity
g) a fossil fuel power plant which burns a solid, dark brown fuel
h) a power plant that generates electricity utilizing energy from the sun
i) a power station which burns gas as its primary fuel
Task 14. Listen to a phone call between a journalist, Colin Maitland, and the public relations officer of the company ELEC, Maria Berger. Complete the journalist’s notes.
ELEC’S fossil fuel use
____________________(1) and __________________(2)
Power plants and loads
Lignite-fired plants for _______________(3) load
Gas-fired plants for _______________(4) and peak-load ranges
Gas plants also used to supply ____________________(5)
Technology to protect environment
ELEC say they have ____________________(6) equipment installed in their plants.
Altrath plant, near Berlin
Commissioned in _______________(7) but has been _______________(8) since then.
Wind generation
Company building more power stations, but difficult to get ___________________(9) in some countries. ELEC views criticism that these ________________________(10) the countryside as ‘exaggerated’.
What other questions would you expect the journalist to ask?
Task 15. Match the two parts to make phrases from the phone call. Then listen again to check your answers.
1. base
2. company
3. electricity
4. energy
5. fossil
6. power
7. district
8. state-of-the-art
a. equipment
b. fuels
c. heating
d. mix
e. policy
f. production
g. station
h. load
Task 16. Match the phrases you have just formed to the following definitions.
1. _______________ _______________ = the generation of electrical power
2. _______________ _______________ = energy sources such as gas, oil and coal but not water and wind
3. _______________ _______________ = the power level at which basic demand and consumption is covered
4. _______________ _______________ = apparatus of the latest technological level
5. _______________ _______________ = the different primary fuels and sources used for energy production
6. _______________ _______________ = a plan of action chosen by a business or firm
7. _______________ _______________ = a plant in which electricity is produced
8. _______________ _______________ = a system of distributing heat in one centralized location, often linked to a power plant
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