電風扇 diàn fēng shàn - electric fan

核能發電廠 hé néng fā diàn chǎng - nuclear power plant

機組 jī zǔ - generator unit (in a power plant)

核三廠二號機 hé sān chǎng èr hào jī - No. 2 reactor at Taiwan’s Third Nuclear Power Plant

除役 chú yì - decommission (of a machine, especially a reactor)

正式歸零 zhèng shì guī líng - officially go to zero (e.g., complete shutdown or phaseout)

缺電 quē diàn - power shortage

行政院長 xíng zhèng yuàn zhǎng - Premier (head of Taiwan’s Executive Yuan)

台電 tái diàn - Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)

備轉容量 bèi zhuǎn róng liàng - reserve capacity (of electricity)

備用電力 bèi yòng diàn lì - backup electricity

應付 yìng fù - to cope with, to deal with

用電尖峰 yòng diàn jiān fēng - electricity usage peak

整體來說 zhěng tǐ lái shuō - overall; generally speaking

範圍 fàn wéi - scope; range

推動 tuī dòng - to promote; to push forward

綠能 lǜ néng - green energy

儲能 chǔ néng - energy storage

智慧電網 zhì huì diàn wǎng - smart grid

支撐 zhī chēng - to support; to sustain

因應 yīn yìng - to respond to; to adapt to

天然氣 tiān rán qì - natural gas

太陽能 tài yáng néng - solar energy

燃煤 rán méi - coal-fired (as in coal-fired power)

風力 fēng lì - wind power

擴充 kuò chōng - to expand

燃氣機組 rán qì jī zǔ - gas-fired generator unit

阿拉斯加 ā lā sī jiā - Alaska

空缺 kòng quē - gap; vacancy

縮小 suō xiǎo - to reduce; to shrink

貿易逆差 mào yì nì chā - trade deficit

雙邊關係 shuāng biān guān xī - bilateral relations

核電歸零 hé diàn guī líng - nuclear power goes to zero (complete phaseout of nuclear power)

靈活調度 líng huó diào dù - flexible dispatch (of resources)

再生能源 zài shēng néng yuán - renewable energy

政策規劃 zhèng cè guī huà - policy planning

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