Day 8：

Wildpoldsried

Wildpoldsried is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The village has been recognized for its exceptional achievements in renewable energy production and in reducing its carbon footprint.

Issue a Bond villain’s laugh

villan: the main bad character

A villan in the Bond film has very villanous laugh. Here the person mentioned the death of the conventional utility mysteriously.

Issue is a formal word for laugh, used here to strengthen the sense of mystry.

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Finance vs. fund

finance: expect for payback

fund: for free

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Turbine

A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

Wind turbine

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All told

In total

They tried a dozen times all told

--- That's said (with that being said)

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Be handsomely rewarded for their greenness

Handsomely: in a large quantity, generously

He was handsomely rewarded for his loyalty.

Greenness: the quality or state of being green

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Pocket (money) from subsidies

Take or receive for oneself, especially dishonestly

Local politicians were found to have been pocketing the proceeds of fund-raisers.

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Incumbent

The holder of an office or post

Incumbents often have an advantage in elections.

The incumbent president

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Rebate

An amount of money that is paid back to you because you have paid too much

A tax rebate=refund

There is a $50 rebate offered with the printer.

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Grid businesses

A network of electrical wires and equipment that supplies electricity to a large area

I'm off the grid. 我不在线了；你要找不到我了。

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Structure

Organize (to arrange the different parts of something into a pattern or system in which each part is connected to the others)

Structure an industry around marginal costs

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Intermittent

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady

A dull day with intermittent rain

Intermittency

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Peg

挂钩；使与…挂钩

Contracts pegged to wholesale prices

Its currency is pegged to the dollar.

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Auction

A public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price

He bought the picture at auction in London some years ago.

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Anathema

something that you strongly dislike or disagree with

His political views were anathema to me.

The idea of working late is completely anathema to him.

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Day 9：

能力有限，这个思维导图只抓了主干，目的是研究我最感兴趣的问题——可再生能源到底对哪些人造成了哪些问题。老师的导图非常丰富，分布合理，画图低手甘拜下风。。。

Day 10：

Renewable energy is not that perfect as I used to think of it to be. With its further development, various problems will be exposed to the fossil fuel industry, the government, customers, and itself.

世界上没有十全十美的东西，可再生能源的发展亦然。

We shall make the best use of the advantages of renewable energy and bypass its disadvanges. Maybe the government can regulate the utility business and balance the development of renewables and that of the traditional fuels.

英文文章逻辑网很密，通过重复、呼应引领读者，不太会一下子跨出全新的一步。与中文区别很大。

补充阅读

What is the dirty secret of green energy?

Solutions?

New technology enables companies and households to smooth out their demand, which helps to cope with intermittent supply and excess power.

Redesigning power markets to reflect the new need for flexible supply and demand. A new system of electricity pricing is needed. They should adjust prices more frequently according to the weather. Markets should reward those willing to use less electricity to balance the grid. Structure bills according to how strongly a customer wanted guaranteed power all the time.