Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

eight old-style (power plants)

French translation:

8 (centrales à charbon) de conception démodée

Added to glossary by Julie Verbert
Aug 11, 2008 14:42
16 yrs ago
English term

eight old-style

English to French Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Any
Hi everyone,

I found this expression in an article about coal power plants who should adopt new technologies to be more green.

Here is my sentence:

"As part of an ambitious buyout deal, X will abandon plans to build eight old-style coal- burning power plants, which would have dumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"

I found many hits on Google, but no explanation.. Could you please help me?
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Aug 11, 2008 14:53: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Energy / Power Generation"

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8 centrales à charbon de conception démodée

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to all of you!! You must be right. I misinterpreted the structure of the sentence.. There were so many hits on Google that I thought it had to be an expression.. But I guess they are all talking about 8 things that are old fashioned ;) However, this is not related to Tech/Engineering only, according to what I found on Google, this is why I did not specify the field. Thanks again! Thank you!! "
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huit centrales à l'ancienne

vous avez mal découpé votre question : cest "eight power plants" qui sont "old-style"

Voir cette référence concernant la Chine :
Il s’agirait là de la plus grande vague de constructions axées sur le charbon depuis des années. TXU utilisera-t-elle la nouvelle technique de combustion ? La réponse est négative. Elle continuera comme autrefois à broyer du charbon parce que, d’après elle, les vieux modèles de centrales sont plus fiables. Mais la véritable raison pour laquelle elle préfère les centrales à l’ancienne est que celles-ci sont plus faciles à construire, moins chères à faire fonctionner et, enfin, beaucoup plus rentables.
http://www.peuplesmonde.com/article.php3?id_article=615
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huit centrales au charbon dépassées / classiques

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Merci aussi :)
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