energy-intensive companies

基本解释

Energy-intensive companies maintain that a carbon price high enough to make a difference will push costs up and companies out.
能源密集型企业主张一项碳排放价格将推动能源价格上涨同时公司将破产。
But oil companies and energy-intensive manufacturers tend to fear carbon caps, and once the bill started trundling through Congress those companies were stirred into action.
但是石油公司和能源密集型生产商畏惧碳总量管制。一旦议案通过国会，这些公司就要纷纷作出改变。
Clean-energy companies can be riskier than many other startups because they are capital intensive, Levensohn said.
清洁能源公司比其他初创公司风险还要大，因为他们是资本密集型的，列文森说。

The two companies were building the Itanium chip, an expensive, energy-intensive processor that cost billions to develop, gained few customers, offered middling performance and was shuttled to the sidelines.
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