谷歌宣布2017年将实现100%使用可再生能源

 　　Google's data centres and the offices for its 60,000 staff will be powered entirely¹ by renewable energy from next year, in what the company has called a "landmark² moment".

　　从明年开始，谷歌的数据中心和其6万名员工的办公室将完全使用可再生能源发电，该公司称之为"具有里程碑意义的时刻"。

　　The internet giant is already the world's biggest corporate³ buyer of renewable electricity, last year buying 44% of its power from wind and solar farms.

　　该互联网巨头已经是世界上最大的可再生能源的公司买家，去年在风力和太阳能发电厂购买了44％的电力。

　　Now it will be 100%, and an executive said it would not rule out investing in nuclear power in the future.

　　现在这一数字将达到100％，一位管理人员表示，该公司不排除未来投资核电的可能。

　　谷歌宣布2017年将实现100%使用可再生能源

　　Oman said it had taken Google five years to reach the 100% target, set in 2012, because of the complexity⁴ involved with negotiating power purchase agreements.

　　奥曼表示，由于谈判电力购买协议的复杂性，谷歌公司花了五年时间才实现012年定下的100％的目标。

　　The company's biggest demand for energy is its data centres and it admits their overall thirst for power is growing.

　　该公司最大的能源需求是其数据中心，并承认他们对电力的整体渴望正在增长。

　　Google was now looking to sign 10-year agreements for low-carbon power that was not intermittent⁵, such as hydro, biomass and nuclear.

　　谷歌现在打算签订10年不间断的如水电、生物质和核电这样的低碳电力协议。

　　"We want to do contracts on renewable power, it could be biomass if the fuel source is sustainable, it could be nuclear. We're looking at all forms of low-carbon generation."

　　"我们希望签订有关可再生能源的合同，如果燃料来源是可持续的，它可以是生物质，也可以是核电。我们正在考虑各种形式的低碳电源。"

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

5 intermittent   

adj.间歇的，断断续续的

参考例句：

• Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗？
• In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里，时断时续地下着雨，使整个大地都生气勃勃了。