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1. accelerate capital investment
2. add capacity
3. allocate two-thirds of its $87 million R&D budget for
4. be directly proportional to
5. be inundated with orders
6. be on the upswing
7. boggle the mind
8. booming sales
9. break out of lockstep
10. burn trash as fuel
11. buy excess power
12. carry out more energy-related research
13. claim tax credits on an estimated $4 billion
14. cogeneration
15. commit resources to energy conservation
16. conservation
17. conservation drive
18. conserve energy
19. conventional conservation products
20. corner store operation
21. cut a company's fuel costs by $15,000 annually
22. efficient plants
23. energy efficiency
24. energy conservation products
25. energy consumed by the average home could be slashed 60%
26. energy consumption
27. energy efficiency
28. energy reductions
29. energy-efficient equipment
30. energy-intensive industries
31. energy-intensive manufacturers
32. energy-related projects
33. estimates of projected energy demand
34. expenditures could amount to $30 billion
35. fill the need
36. generate electricity
37. get more out of their energy dollars
38. go up industrial smokestacks
39. high-efficiency heating systems
40. hold down
41. improve energy efficiency
42. improve the energy efficiency
43. industrial generator
44. install energy saving products
45. insulation
46. launch a drive
47. long - term energy problems
48. march in lockstep
49. market computer-controlled energy management system
50. offset the benefit of energy savings
51. overall production
52. peg the market for cogeneration at
53. primary method
54. produce savings
55. provide audits for residences
56. raise enough capital
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57. rate of return on sales
58. recapture waste heat
59. recessionary shutdown
60. recycle waste
61. reduce energy consumption by 25%
62. reduce home heating bills as much as 40%
63. retrofit plants with energy-efficient components
64. slow energy consumption
65. step up efforts to develop new technology
66. surge in conservation efforts
67. take into account all heat generated by machines, lights, and people
68. turn out (produce)
69. understate conservation's real potential
70. utilize process steam
Exercise 1. In the article «Energy Conservation: Spawning a Billion-Dollar Business» find the English
