双语新闻：美国风力发电机市场可能缩水95%
Vestas warns of tax credit hit to turbinemakersThe US wind turbine market will shrink by up to 95 per cent if acrucial tax credit for wind power is allowed to expire at the endof the year, according to Vestas, the world’s largest turbinemanufacturer by output.
全球产量最高的风力发电机制造商维斯塔斯(Vestas)称，如果让一项面向风电行业的关键税收抵免在年底失效的话，美国的风力发电机市场最多将缩水95%。
Morten Albaek, chief marketing officer of Vestas of Denmark, told the Financial Times the marketwas facing the threat of a “significant decline” of between 75 and 95 percent.
丹麦维斯塔斯公司首席营销官莫滕 阿尔贝克(Morten Albaek)向英国《金融时报》表示，该市场正面临“严重缩水”75%至95%的威胁。
The US was the world’s second-largest market for wind power in 2011, after China, and fears of acollapse in demand are already forcing international manufacturers to cut jobs and scale backexpansion plans.
2011年，美国是世界第二大风电市场，仅次于中国。对需求暴跌的担忧已经引发国际制造商实施裁员并缩减扩张计划。
Vestas’ planning is based on the assumption that a slump in the US market will contribute to a fallof about 20 per cent in its worldwide production next year.
维斯塔斯的规划是基于这样的假设：美国市场陷入低迷，导致其明年全球产量下跌大约20%。
The production tax credit for wind power, introduced in 1992 and worth $22 for every megawatthour of electricity generated, is one of 41 US tax provisions scheduled to expire at the end of theyear. Many Republican politicians say it should not be renewed, although President Barack Obamais in favor of retaining the credit, as are most Democratic party members.
针对风电行业的发电税收抵免政策于1992年推出，相当于每生产一兆瓦时电力可享受22美元的抵免。这项政策是即将在今年底失效的41项美国税务条款之一。尽管总统巴拉克 奥巴马(BarackObama)和大部分民主党党员倾向于继续实行该项税收抵免，但很多共和党政治人士持反对意见。
Wind farm developers say it would be hard to sell power without the tax credit because ofcompetition from plants burning natural gas, which has fallen sharply in price in the past four years.
风力发电场开发商表示，由于天然气价格在过去4年内大幅降低，因此如无税收抵免政策支持，面对天然气电厂的竞争，风电将难觅销路。
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