We bring you news and stories in clear English to help make sense of the world. I’m Maya, and with me is Omar, our columnist for the economy and work.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- make sense of
We bring you news and stories in clear English to help make sense of the world.
To make sense of the world is to understand it better.
- proposed
We’re looking at a proposed power project linked to plans for a large data center in Teesside.
The project has been suggested, but it has not necessarily been approved.
- proposed
The proposed substation could supply a nearby data center.
The substation is planned or suggested, not yet confirmed as built.
- substation
The Guardian says the purchase is a step toward building a substation that could be Britain’s biggest.
A substation is a place in the electricity system where power is changed and sent onward.
- substation
The proposed substation could supply a nearby data center.
Here, it is a planned facility that would send electricity to the data center.
- substation
The substation could help provide the power such a large site needs, but the plan is still at an early stage.
It is the planned electricity facility that may provide power to the site.
- substation
You said the substation could be Britain’s biggest.
This refers to the facility that changes and sends electricity.
- substation
For Teesside, the land purchase is agreed, while the substation and data center remain proposals.
The electricity facility is still only planned, not confirmed as built.
- capacity
What does the reported capacity figure tell us, and who is making that claim?
Capacity is the amount of power the site could provide or handle.
- capacity
Ben Houchen, the mayor of the Tees Valley, told Sky News that the site could have up to 3.2 gigawatts of capacity.
Here, capacity means the maximum amount of power the site could have.
- compete for
He also argues that Teesside could compete for investment against places in the United States, the Gulf and parts of Europe.
To compete for investment is to try to attract money as strongly as other places do.
- head of land
Matt Pearce, National Grid’s head of land, said the deal would support growth in artificial intelligence and digital technology, as well as the region’s industrial and economic development.
This is his job title: he leads work related to land for National Grid.
- host communities
The draft policy says the government must guide data-center development and ensure host communities benefit.
Host communities are the local people and places where a project is built.
- Campaign groups
Campaign groups have protested against planned data center developments, including in Auchtertool, a village north of Edinburgh, and Brick Lane in east London.
These are organizations that work to bring about change or oppose something.