双语新闻：美国迅速增加电力存储中心
The batteries are mainly ones called lithium-ion batteries.
这些电池主要是锂离子电池。
Increasingly, companies are using these batteries with solar and wind projects. The agencies that run electric grids, utility companies and developers of renewable energy say combining technologies is necessary to use renewable energy in the future.
越来越多的公司在太阳能和风能项目中使用这些电池。电网管理机构、公用事业公司和可再生能源开发商表示，未来使用可再生能源必须结合技术。
Batteries to store electricity
储存电力的电池
In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a large solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining. The batteries are able to supply energy back to the electric grid when it is not.
在亚利桑那州的沙漠中，一家丹麦公司正在建造一个大型太阳能农场，其中包括当阳光照耀时充电的电池。电池能够在不需要的时候将能量提供给电网。
Some people think combining batteries with green energy will result in a better climate. "Green energy" is a term used to describe ways of creating power that do not appear to cause pollution.
有些人认为把电池和绿色能源结合起来会导致更好的气候。“绿色能源”是一个用来描述似乎不会造成污染的发电方式的术语。
"Solar farms only produce when the sun shines, and the turbines only produce when the wind blows," said Orsted chief Mads Nipper. "For us to maximize the availability of the green power, 24-7, we have to store some of it too."
“太阳能农场只在阳光明媚的时候发电，涡轮机只在刮风的时候发电，”奥斯特德首席执行官麦德斯·尼珀说。“为了最大限度地提高绿色电力的可用性，我们也必须储存一些电力。”
Some people think batteries will permit renewables to replace fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal. Batteries can help keep a steady flow of electricity when there is no wind or sun to produce it. For example, when people are sleeping at night and using less electricity, the energy produced from wind can be stored in batteries. Then, the stored energy can be used when demand is high during the day.
一些人认为，电池将使可再生能源取代石油、天然气和煤炭等化石燃料。当没有风或太阳产生电力时，电池可以帮助保持稳定的电流。例如，当人们在晚上睡觉和使用较少的电力时，风能产生的能量可以储存在电池中。然后，储存的能量可以在白天需求高的时候使用。
Juan Mendez of Tempe, Arizona, gets power from local utility Salt River Project (SRP), which is working with Orsted on the Eleven Mile Solar Center. As a state senator, Mendez pushed SRP to move to renewable energy.
亚利桑那州坦佩市的胡安·门德斯从当地公用事业公司盐河项目(SRP)获得电力，该项目正在与奥斯特合作建设十一英里太阳能中心。作为州参议员，门德斯推动SRP转向可再生能源。
Mendez thinks the power company is still investing too much in gas and coal plants. A major project is planned for a natural gas plant in Coolidge, Arizona, near the solar center.
门德斯认为，电力公司仍然在天然气和煤电厂上投资过多。一个主要的项目是在亚利桑那州的柯立芝建一个天然气厂，靠近太阳能中心。
"This solar-plus-storage is a good step, but SRP needs to do more to provide clean energy and clean up our air and help address climate change," Mendez said.
Mendez说:“太阳能+储能是一个很好的步骤，但SRP需要做更多的工作来提供清洁能源，净化我们的空气，并帮助应对气候变化。”
SPR said it is adding more renewable forms of electricity production. The company's board of directors recently promised to add no new carbon to the atmosphere, or to have "zero emissions," by 2050.
SPR表示，它正在增加更多的可再生能源发电形式。该公司董事会最近承诺，到2050年不向大气中添加新的碳，或实现“零排放”。
U.S. efforts to expand batteries
美国扩大电池的努力
The United States is second in electrical storage in the world after China. In 2023, the U.S. added an estimated 7.5 gigawatts of electrical storage capacity. A report from BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy said that is 62 percent more than in 2022. That amount of electricity could power 750,000 homes for one day. The total amount of electricity storage capacity in the U.S. is enough for 2 million homes for one day, BloombergNEF estimates.
美国是世界上仅次于中国的第二大电力存储国家。2023年，美国估计增加了7.5吉瓦的电力存储容量。彭博新能源财经和可持续能源商业委员会的一份报告称，这一数字比2022年高出62%。这一数量的电力可以为75万户家庭提供一天的电力。据彭博社估计，美国的总电量可以满足200万户家庭一天的用电需求。
California has the most energy storage in the country. It has twice as much as any other state. Residential, commercial and utility-level battery capacity increased by 757 percent there over four years. The California Energy Commission said there is now enough electrical storage capacity to power 6.6 million homes for up to four hours.
加州拥有全国最多的能源储存。它是其他州的两倍。住宅、商业和公用事业级的电池容量在过去四年里增长了757%。加州能源委员会表示，现在有足够的电力储存能力为660万户家庭提供长达4小时的电力。
Texas has the second-most battery storage after California. Last month, Schneider Electric announced it is working with energy company ENGIE North America on solar and battery systems in Texas. The aim is to get closer to the French multinational's 100 percent renewable energy goal in the U.S. and Canada.
德克萨斯州拥有仅次于加州的第二大电池储能系统。上个月，施耐德电气宣布将与能源公司ENGIE北美公司在德克萨斯州合作开发太阳能和电池系统。其目的是接近法国跨国公司在美国和加拿大100%使用可再生能源的目标。
Hans Royal is Schneider Electric's senior director for renewable energy and carbon advisory. He said the deal with ENGIE, and the necessary $80 million investment, would not have been possible without the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. That was a major climate-related law passed by the U.S. Congress in 2022.
汉斯·罗亚尔是施耐德电气可再生能源和碳咨询高级总监。他说，如果没有《通货膨胀削减法案》的通过，与ENGIE的交易以及必要的8000万美元投资是不可能实现的。这是美国国会于2022年通过的一项重要的气候相关法律。
Royal is advising other big companies he works with to get into the market for electricity storage.
罗亚尔正在建议与他合作的其他大公司进入电力存储市场。
"The industry needs that, the grid needs it," said Royal.
“这个行业需要它，电网也需要它，”罗亚尔说。
The future
未来
Back in Arizona, Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center has 857,000 solar panels and more than 2,000 cubes that look like large shipping containers but contain batteries. Orsted also has large solar and storage projects in Texas and Alabama, and in Europe.
回到亚利桑那州，奥斯特德的十一英里太阳能中心有85.7万块太阳能电池板和2000多个立方体，这些立方体看起来像大型集装箱，但里面装有电池。奥斯特公司在德克萨斯州、阿拉巴马州和欧洲也有大型太阳能和储能项目。
When the Arizona facility opens this summer, most power from the solar farm will go to Facebook owner Meta's data center in the town of Mesa. Any extra solar power, in addition to the power stored in the batteries, will go to the local utility's customers. The new batteries can ensure power to about 65,000 homes for a few hours of high demand.
当亚利桑那州的设施于今年夏天投入使用时，来自太阳能农场的大部分电力将用于Facebook所有者Meta在梅萨镇的数据中心。除了储存在电池中的电力外，任何额外的太阳能都将提供给当地的公用事业客户。这种新电池可以在几个小时的高需求下为大约65000个家庭提供电力。
"What I think is exciting is just how rapidly this market is moving," said Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BloombergNEF.
彭博社能源存储主管Yayoi Sekine表示:“我认为令人兴奋的是这个市场的发展速度有多快。”
这些电池主要是锂离子电池。
Increasingly, companies are using these batteries with solar and wind projects. The agencies that run electric grids, utility companies and developers of renewable energy say combining technologies is necessary to use renewable energy in the future.
越来越多的公司在太阳能和风能项目中使用这些电池。电网管理机构、公用事业公司和可再生能源开发商表示，未来使用可再生能源必须结合技术。
Batteries to store electricity
储存电力的电池
In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a large solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining. The batteries are able to supply energy back to the electric grid when it is not.
在亚利桑那州的沙漠中，一家丹麦公司正在建造一个大型太阳能农场，其中包括当阳光照耀时充电的电池。电池能够在不需要的时候将能量提供给电网。
Some people think combining batteries with green energy will result in a better climate. "Green energy" is a term used to describe ways of creating power that do not appear to cause pollution.
有些人认为把电池和绿色能源结合起来会导致更好的气候。“绿色能源”是一个用来描述似乎不会造成污染的发电方式的术语。
"Solar farms only produce when the sun shines, and the turbines only produce when the wind blows," said Orsted chief Mads Nipper. "For us to maximize the availability of the green power, 24-7, we have to store some of it too."
“太阳能农场只在阳光明媚的时候发电，涡轮机只在刮风的时候发电，”奥斯特德首席执行官麦德斯·尼珀说。“为了最大限度地提高绿色电力的可用性，我们也必须储存一些电力。”
Some people think batteries will permit renewables to replace fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal. Batteries can help keep a steady flow of electricity when there is no wind or sun to produce it. For example, when people are sleeping at night and using less electricity, the energy produced from wind can be stored in batteries. Then, the stored energy can be used when demand is high during the day.
一些人认为，电池将使可再生能源取代石油、天然气和煤炭等化石燃料。当没有风或太阳产生电力时，电池可以帮助保持稳定的电流。例如，当人们在晚上睡觉和使用较少的电力时，风能产生的能量可以储存在电池中。然后，储存的能量可以在白天需求高的时候使用。
Juan Mendez of Tempe, Arizona, gets power from local utility Salt River Project (SRP), which is working with Orsted on the Eleven Mile Solar Center. As a state senator, Mendez pushed SRP to move to renewable energy.
亚利桑那州坦佩市的胡安·门德斯从当地公用事业公司盐河项目(SRP)获得电力，该项目正在与奥斯特合作建设十一英里太阳能中心。作为州参议员，门德斯推动SRP转向可再生能源。
Mendez thinks the power company is still investing too much in gas and coal plants. A major project is planned for a natural gas plant in Coolidge, Arizona, near the solar center.
门德斯认为，电力公司仍然在天然气和煤电厂上投资过多。一个主要的项目是在亚利桑那州的柯立芝建一个天然气厂，靠近太阳能中心。
"This solar-plus-storage is a good step, but SRP needs to do more to provide clean energy and clean up our air and help address climate change," Mendez said.
Mendez说:“太阳能+储能是一个很好的步骤，但SRP需要做更多的工作来提供清洁能源，净化我们的空气，并帮助应对气候变化。”
SPR said it is adding more renewable forms of electricity production. The company's board of directors recently promised to add no new carbon to the atmosphere, or to have "zero emissions," by 2050.
SPR表示，它正在增加更多的可再生能源发电形式。该公司董事会最近承诺，到2050年不向大气中添加新的碳，或实现“零排放”。
U.S. efforts to expand batteries
美国扩大电池的努力
The United States is second in electrical storage in the world after China. In 2023, the U.S. added an estimated 7.5 gigawatts of electrical storage capacity. A report from BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy said that is 62 percent more than in 2022. That amount of electricity could power 750,000 homes for one day. The total amount of electricity storage capacity in the U.S. is enough for 2 million homes for one day, BloombergNEF estimates.
美国是世界上仅次于中国的第二大电力存储国家。2023年，美国估计增加了7.5吉瓦的电力存储容量。彭博新能源财经和可持续能源商业委员会的一份报告称，这一数字比2022年高出62%。这一数量的电力可以为75万户家庭提供一天的电力。据彭博社估计，美国的总电量可以满足200万户家庭一天的用电需求。
California has the most energy storage in the country. It has twice as much as any other state. Residential, commercial and utility-level battery capacity increased by 757 percent there over four years. The California Energy Commission said there is now enough electrical storage capacity to power 6.6 million homes for up to four hours.
加州拥有全国最多的能源储存。它是其他州的两倍。住宅、商业和公用事业级的电池容量在过去四年里增长了757%。加州能源委员会表示，现在有足够的电力储存能力为660万户家庭提供长达4小时的电力。
Texas has the second-most battery storage after California. Last month, Schneider Electric announced it is working with energy company ENGIE North America on solar and battery systems in Texas. The aim is to get closer to the French multinational's 100 percent renewable energy goal in the U.S. and Canada.
德克萨斯州拥有仅次于加州的第二大电池储能系统。上个月，施耐德电气宣布将与能源公司ENGIE北美公司在德克萨斯州合作开发太阳能和电池系统。其目的是接近法国跨国公司在美国和加拿大100%使用可再生能源的目标。
Hans Royal is Schneider Electric's senior director for renewable energy and carbon advisory. He said the deal with ENGIE, and the necessary $80 million investment, would not have been possible without the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. That was a major climate-related law passed by the U.S. Congress in 2022.
汉斯·罗亚尔是施耐德电气可再生能源和碳咨询高级总监。他说，如果没有《通货膨胀削减法案》的通过，与ENGIE的交易以及必要的8000万美元投资是不可能实现的。这是美国国会于2022年通过的一项重要的气候相关法律。
Royal is advising other big companies he works with to get into the market for electricity storage.
罗亚尔正在建议与他合作的其他大公司进入电力存储市场。
"The industry needs that, the grid needs it," said Royal.
“这个行业需要它，电网也需要它，”罗亚尔说。
The future
未来
Back in Arizona, Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center has 857,000 solar panels and more than 2,000 cubes that look like large shipping containers but contain batteries. Orsted also has large solar and storage projects in Texas and Alabama, and in Europe.
回到亚利桑那州，奥斯特德的十一英里太阳能中心有85.7万块太阳能电池板和2000多个立方体，这些立方体看起来像大型集装箱，但里面装有电池。奥斯特公司在德克萨斯州、阿拉巴马州和欧洲也有大型太阳能和储能项目。
When the Arizona facility opens this summer, most power from the solar farm will go to Facebook owner Meta's data center in the town of Mesa. Any extra solar power, in addition to the power stored in the batteries, will go to the local utility's customers. The new batteries can ensure power to about 65,000 homes for a few hours of high demand.
当亚利桑那州的设施于今年夏天投入使用时，来自太阳能农场的大部分电力将用于Facebook所有者Meta在梅萨镇的数据中心。除了储存在电池中的电力外，任何额外的太阳能都将提供给当地的公用事业客户。这种新电池可以在几个小时的高需求下为大约65000个家庭提供电力。
"What I think is exciting is just how rapidly this market is moving," said Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BloombergNEF.
彭博社能源存储主管Yayoi Sekine表示:“我认为令人兴奋的是这个市场的发展速度有多快。”
