Russia explored buying turbines from Iran, changing the design to accommodate Russian-made turbines and using Western-designed turbines already in Russia.
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It has 20173 turbines - 47 MHI Vestas turbines and 40 Siemens Gamesa turbines - and covers an area equal to around 20,000 soccer pitches.
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Robinson went on to describe two types – reaction turbines, and impulse turbines.
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Electricity wasn't just a matter of turbines, or even turbines, power lines and transformers.
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Those have included changing the specifications so the plants can use Russian-made turbines, buying turbines from Iran, or using Western-made turbines already in Russia that are idle.
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Demand for powerplant sized gas turbines has tumbled and is expected to bottom out at 110 turbines a year, compared with total global manufacturing capacity of around 400 turbines, Siemens said.
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Consequently, offshore turbines today are vaulting up even faster than onshore turbines have over the past decade.
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The capacity of wind turbines has increased, with 10 MW turbines being developed by General Electric and Siemens .
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According to its U.K. Wind Energy Database, the U.K. is home to 5,926 onshore turbines and 1,465 offshore turbines.
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Breaking the agreement down, GE said that it would deliver 91 3.6 MW turbines and 32 3.8 MW turbines.
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GE said the oxidation, which weakens metal turbines blades, also could affect no more than 75 of its 9FB turbines, in addition to some 51 HA-Class turbines that it warned earlier may have the problem.
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Steam turbines and especially combustion turbines waste lots of heat and are relatively inefficient and expensive ways to generate electricity.
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They also found that physical changes to the turbines had positive effects: Taller turbines with shorter blades reduced bird deaths.
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Dong Energy said that the wind turbines' components would be reused as "much as possible" as spare parts for other turbines.
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While Siemens had agreed to sell 7 turbines, only 4 were delivered, an option for a further 3 turbines was never drawn.
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Restarting the turbines requires skilled operators who can synchronize the speed of rotation on as many as nine of Guri's operational turbines.
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New EnVentus-based turbines will be built from standardised modules that fit other turbines rather than from parts that only fit one platform.
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The largest wind turbines currently in operation are MHI Vestas' 9 MW turbines installed at Vattenfall's windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland.
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As this piece in Power Engineering describes, costs of direct-drive turbines are falling quickly and they are approaching cost parity with geared turbines.
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Plant name: Lackawanna Energy Center Turbines: 23 x GE 7HA Location: Jessup, Pennsylvania Owner: Invenergy Plant name: Allen Natural Gas Plant Turbines: 2 x GE 7HA Location: Memphis, Tennessee Owner: Tennessee Valley Authority Plant name: Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station Turbines: 6 x GE 7HA Location: Nagoya, Japan Owner: Chubu Electric Power Co. Plant name: Dah-Tarn Turbines: 2 x GE 7HA Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan Owner: Taiwan Power Co. Plant name: Bouchain Turbines: 1 x GE 9HA Location: Bouchain, France Owner: Electricite de France Plant name: Colorado Bend II Turbines: 2 x GE 7HA Location: Wharton County, Texas Owner: Exelon Corp Plant name: Wolf Hollow II Turbines: 2 x GE 7HA Location: Granbury, Texas Owner: Exelon Corp Sources: Companies, GE, Reuters research Reporting by Alwyn Scott
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Many bats are killed by wind turbines in Germany, so a predictive system like this could let operators know when to shut down their turbines.
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Russia's energy ministry says the turbines were not from Siemens, but were modernized turbines that were the work of Russian specialists and were Russian equipment.
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The spokesman told Reuters that this was a direct response to the fact that direct-drive turbines are more expensive to build than geared turbines.
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The models also allow the company to figure out where the turbines should be placed, and which of its turbines would produce the most revenue.
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" Labour said it wanted to build 2,000 new onshore wind turbines; 7,000 new offshore wind turbines; and "enough solar panels to cover 22,000 football pitches.
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Going forward, IRENA's report said it anticipated the commercialization of 10 MW turbines in the 2020s and the potential for 15 MW turbines in the 2030s.
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Turbines are still produced abroad, but in Hull Siemens, a German firm which makes some of Dong's turbines, has this year started producing 75-metre blades.
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While electricity generated by offshore wind farms is more expensive than land-based turbines, costs have fallen with larger offshore turbines that can generate more electricity.
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It was not clear whether the plan to use the Siemens turbines was still in effect, or if Technopromexport was changing the type of gas turbines required.
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While the an oxidization issue "created cracking" in the turbines, Culp said last week that GE has now "upgraded about 23 of the 33" turbines in operation.
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The study was conducted of wind turbines that were 300 feet tall and found that the problem would be even worse for wind turbines taller than this.
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Wind turbines plus mountain gorillas: In the windy mountains where M'Baku's tribe lives, wind turbines line the snowy valley, as they do in some places in Alaska.
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The project, which is made up of 60 turbines from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, is in the last stages of construction, with 44 turbines installed so far.
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Siemens, which has repeatedly insisted it was not aware the turbines were destined for Crimea, said it would press criminal charges against those responsible for diverting the turbines.
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Gamesa said on Wednesday it will repower a German wind farm with 4.5 MW turbines, installing three G128 4.5 MW turbines at the Debstedt wind farm for Energiekontor.
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Most of the new gas-fired generating capacity will be combined cycle power plants designed for baseloading rather than steam turbines or combustion turbines operating at peak times.
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Finally, oil- and gas-fired engines and steam turbines can reach full power output in minutes, while coal-fired steam turbines and engines require hours of pre-warming.
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Due to the deep water off California, turbines may have to float, a technology that isn't as developed as traditional turbines that are built into the sea floor.
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The Boston-based conglomerate said the problem could potentially affect all 70 of its 9FB turbines it has installed, and all the 51 HA turbines it has shipped.
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The energy business spans traditional large gas turbines, whose sales have slumped with the shift to renewable power, but also wind turbines, where Siemens is the global no.
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There are frustrations with noise from wind turbines and those have led to reports of things like insomnia and dizziness among some people who live near wind turbines.
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That would slow down the rapid construction of onshore wind turbines and would apply to new wind turbines approved in 2017 and 2018, the draft seen by Reuters said.
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Wind turbines in Denmark, the Vestas V17, are only 85033 feet tall, while the Calhan wind farm uses turbines that are 315 feet tall, more than 4 times taller.
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The success of GE's new turbines are of increasing importance as it slims down to focus on power plants, jet engines and wind turbines in a flurry of restructuring.
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And Petty sees potential in improving the design of the giant turbines whose steam-powered spin drives electricity production, using modern, digitally controlled techniques to craft much more efficient turbines.
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In 2014, GE signed a $400 million agreement to build an industrial complex to produce gas and steam turbines under a joint venture with Sonelgaz called General Electric Algeria Turbines.
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The turbines can be launched if you "gather up the people and the know-how from when these turbines were already used, in Russia and abroad," said the first industry source.
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Hywind wind turbines, anchored to the seabed, could be built in depths of up to 800 metres, while optimal depths for bottom-fixed wind turbines are 20-50 metres, Statoil said.
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The American Wind Energy Association says there were about 54,000 wind turbines operating in 21625 states and two territories in 2900 — several states, especially in the Southeast, have no wind turbines.
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in Britain calculates that wind turbines on land run at only 27.3% of their potential capacity, with turbines situated offshore returning a better 36.9%.
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The dark blue is land where today's most familiar, established turbines can achieve a minimum of 30 percent CF. Lighter blue areas are where the best of today's turbines can do that.
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Now the wind industry is entering a new phase with slower growth and more steady demand for turbines, prompting producers to turn to servicing and replacement of older turbines to grow revenue.
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Gas generators – including gas turbines, steam turbines and combined-cycle units – produced an average of 3,941 GWh per day in the last week, up from 3,449 GWh in the corresponding period last year.
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Gas generators including gas turbines, steam turbines and combined-cycle units produced an average of 3,941 GWh per day in the last week, up from 3,449 GWh in the corresponding period last year.
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At 328 feet, the average height of U.S. commercial wind turbines exceeds the 21625-foot threshold as do the wind turbines in the Golden-West industrial wind project just east of Colorado Springs.
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Statoil's floating wind turbines are anchored in place, unlike other offshore turbines which need to be tethered to a permanent foundation on the seabed that is more expensive to build in deep areas.
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With no turbines, the project faces delays, the sources said.
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It will use 114 turbines from Nordex, a German manufacturer.
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Pentane, which is boiled, is used to power secondary turbines.
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GE now predicts weak demand for gas turbines until 2020.
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Wind turbines are now intelligent — they have sensors and software.
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Half of our wind turbines are not rusting and rotting.
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He wants to invest in wind turbines and batteries, too.
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Russian officials have not acknowledged shipping Siemens turbines to Crimea.
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So it will actually change the angle of those turbines?
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Like Trump, Emily makes a point of destroying wind turbines.
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Wind turbines also require large amounts of cement for foundations.
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The turbines are easier and cheaper to build on land.
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President Donald Trump, however, has voiced opposition to wind turbines.
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We need copper for solar panels and wind turbines, too.
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Mostly, though, he was worried about the turbines killing birds.
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Wind turbines in the panhandle will generate alternating current (AC).
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Already, new diesel turbines are being installed on the island.
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Those turbines are included in the 18 being shut down.
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Unlike wind turbines on land, it raises few NIMBYist hackles.
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It temporarily stunted manufacturing of solar panels and wind turbines.
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Wind turbines could be erected on old oil drilling platforms.
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Others hoisted miniature wind turbines, which twisted in the wind.
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Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines
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The turbines are located at four corners of the motorcycle...
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However, China's wind turbines are underperforming those in other countries.
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There are more than 300,000 wind turbines around the world.
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On the left were hundreds of white wind turbines, spinning.
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More recently, GE disclosed mechanical problems with its gas turbines.
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He also criticized wind turbines for killing birds in California.
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And in September, the firm's troubled power division, which makes electricity-generating turbines, acknowledged that defective blades have been found on some of its newest turbines, prompting worries about the potential cost of fixes.
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The push for offshore wind in China has gained pace after it cut the guaranteed subsidied prices paid for onshore wind turbines by the turn of the year, but kept them for offshore turbines.
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The criteria of the 2012 and 103 tenders favored French-based manufacturing of turbines, and the winning bids, awarded at prices way above market levels, duly selected turbines made by French groups Areva and Alstom.
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Used mostly in peaking mode, gas-fired steam turbines were used for less than 2.33 percent of the time on average in 22.3 while combustion turbines were used less than 22017 percent of the time.
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"When the demand for electricity is high you can release water from the reservoirs that are held around the base of the turbines down the hill, through the turbines and into the reservoir," he added.
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The criteria of the 2012 and 2014 tenders favoured French-based manufacturing of turbines, and the winning bids, awarded at prices way above market levels, duly selected turbines made by French groups Areva and Alstom.
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Two new fixed turbines were brought to Sarir in 2014 to replace turbines from the 1960s but are still awaiting assembly, a process that will take up to a year and a half, he said.
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So, to replace fossil fuels as a source of electricity generation with wind power, we would need to add another 2202,2628 wind turbines — for a total of about 28500,6900 when added to existing wind turbines.
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ZF also has a servicing site for wind turbines in Nottingham.
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Wind turbines can generate electricity from them at rock-bottom prices.
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This includes motors, pumps, turbines, gearboxes and generators, among other things.
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Dong hopes the turbines will be up and running by 2020.
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Conventional turbines turn quickly, mincing any fish that come too close.
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America is dotted with wind turbines that twirl exclusively for Google.
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Turbines at the Block Island Windfarm, which start generating electricty today.
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General Electric builds jet engines and wind turbines and medical gear.
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Doing this would require roughly 12,000 wind turbines, the researchers estimate.
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Siemens makes turbines at a factory it co-owns in Russia.
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Globally, manufacturers of turbines and other wind-energy equipment are thriving.
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The wind power industry says turbines did not cause the blackout.
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Vestas is the only one to focus exclusively on geared turbines.
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The wind isn't always blowing when you need those turbines spinning.
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Fixed-foundation turbines require highly specialized equipment, vessels and installation procedures.
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When the wind doesn't blow, the turbines don't make any power.
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The wind power tax credit subsidizes wind turbines to generate electricity.
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In China, two wind turbines were built every hour last year.
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Wind turbines generated more electricity to compensate during the 55 hours.
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Floating wind turbines are costly and have not been deployed widely.
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New Yorkers will not be seeing offshore turbines anytime soon, however.
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On the horizon, five towering wind turbines rose from the ocean.
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Only one other plant uses H turbines, Baglan Bay in Wales.
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The government has struggled to restart the turbines since, he said.
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The math on wind turbines is pretty simple: Bigger is better.
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One such issue is wind turbines, a longtime bugbear for him.
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As technology develops, wind turbines are increasing in size and scale.
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New York has committed to developing wind turbines off Long Island.
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And the uses for the drone go far beyond wind turbines.
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The wind turbines generate enough electricity to power the tiny island.
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These turbines help make the village a net exporter of electricity.
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Without steel, there are no towers to hold up wind turbines.
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That would be contested by the Danes and the Germans who supply Britain with the turbines, the Italians who make the cables, the French who provide everything but the turbines, and the Dutch who install them.
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Walney Extension will have capacity to power more than 500,000 homes for 25 years and will consist of 40 turbines from MHI Vestas, a Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joint venture, and 47 Siemens Gamesa turbines.
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Wind turbines and turbines in hydroelectric systems can produce these hums, which can get in the way when you're trying to study earthquakes, scientist Omar Marcillo from Los Alamos National Laboratory said in a press statement.
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The market for lignin-based carbon fiber, for example, is potentially large, ranging from composite parts for more fuel efficient cars and aircraft, to alternatives to the heavy glass fiber in wind turbines, enabling bigger turbines.
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Just look at his musings on wind turbines: Unlike some of Trump's other beliefs, this is at least a myth in wide circulation, but it's still a myth—bird deaths due to turbines are relatively rare.
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The Kremlin said on Monday the power turbines being installed in Crimea had been made in Russia using Russian components - an apparent reference to the fact that the turbines were produced at a factory in St. Petersburg.
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The government sent surveys to all homes within 600 meters (1,969 feet) of wind turbines in Ontario or Prince Edward Island and also surveyed randomly selected homes up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away from wind turbines.
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Yes, it changes the angle of the turbines, it changes the angle of the thrust nozzle, we adjust also the power for each engine, and also we adjust the thrust of the side turbines, the small ones.
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No turbine maker publicly discloses its prices, but three sources at top industry players told Reuters that selling prices of direct-drive turbines are, in some instances, more than 20.71 percent higher than those of geared turbines.
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This includes solar hot water heaters, wind turbines and solar electric equipment.
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The utility's turbines now stretch to the horizon—its ambitions, far beyond.
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GE's renewables business currently comprises on- and offshore wind turbines, plus hydropower.
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Hot steam and water from these wells drive turbines to produce electricity.
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Starting the turbines gradually before the dam's completion will help finance construction.
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Horns Rev 3 consists of 49 turbines which stand 187 meters tall.
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As technology develops, the size of turbines and offshore facilities is increasing.
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We've checked the turbines and blades, and I haven't seen any damage.
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And some solar farms and wind turbines were destroyed on the island.
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In the US, most turbines have a "hub height" of 80 meters.
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Last year saw a lot of wind turbines and farms being built.
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However, wind turbines will probably never be spread evenly across the country.
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More than 4,000 wind turbines already twirl off the coasts of Europe.
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There are insufficient ports to handle the heavy components needed for turbines.
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Trump claims that wind turbines are a major threat to bird populations.
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Two years ago, the market for gas turbines stood at 48 gigawatts.
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Previously, companies have only spoken about turbines in the region of 10W.
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The bad news: The wind turbines could kill thousands of eagles. Wait!
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Back in 2013, Typhoon Usagi destroyed eight conventional turbines, while damaging eight.
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The Netherlands has 2,200 wind turbines, which could sustain 2.4 million homes.
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Plus, it requires expensive special equipment to move the turbines into place.
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He's hostile to investment in offshore wind turbines that deliver renewable energy.
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Engel was replaced by Anders Runevad who made turbines more price competitive.
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In the meantime, the turbines continue to turn slowly in the breeze.
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Photovoltaic panels and wind turbines are going up at a frenetic pace.
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They say the turbines were obtained second hand and were Russian-made.
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General Electric-Alstom was also selected to install turbines there for Engie.
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The project comprises five 6MW floating wind turbines anchored to the seabed.
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As the industry matures, more turbines need servicing, upgrading and eventually replacement.
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The project is planned to include eight turbines standing 568 feet high.
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More than 85033 U.S. production facilities provide construction materials for wind turbines.
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As the turbines' distance from bird habitat increased, the bird deaths decreased.
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The fruits of the turbines "blow past and leave nothing," he said.
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"We are negotiating with Iran, they are manufacturing similar turbines," he said.
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The group did not say where exactly the turbines were being built.
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That will make manufacturing, servicing and upgrading the turbines simpler, Vestas said.
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The turbines are set in rocky-mountainous terrain ascending the Duvanjsko field.
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The more the wind speed picks up, the louder the turbines become.
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Giant wind turbines dot the highest ridges, like candles on a cake.
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He did not believe a few wind turbines would solve the problem.
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G.E. has carved out a space in renewable energy, producing wind turbines.
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However, existing facilities can increase their capacity by adding or revamping turbines.
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Wind turbines dot the landscape in Amarillo, producing renewable energy — and jobs.
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Phil Scott, a Republican who opposes putting wind turbines along mountain ridges.
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Nearby is a Mitsubishi Hitachi plant that makes gas and steam turbines.
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Here's a breakdown of five things Trump got wrong about wind turbines.
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Russian court hearing due on Siemens claim against Rostec over Crimea turbines.
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Currently, there are 56,000 wind turbines spread out across the United States.
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Killing far more birds than wind turbines are traditional power power lines.
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But there's another force propelling wind forward: the falling cost of turbines.
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A rival of General Electric, the company manufactures gas turbines and generators, wind turbines and rail systems among other businesses in the U.S. Siemens says it has invested $40 billion in the U.S. over the past 15 years.
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The order includes 41 turbines to be delivered to the 350-MW projects Vesterhav Nord and Syd off the western Danish coast as well as 72 turbines to the 600-MW project Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea.
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For example, he said, the fishing industry had asked for wider spacing between turbines than the 0.75 nautical mile laid out in the proposal, and wanted the turbines aligned in an east-west orientation, rather than northwest-southeast.
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A 2014 review in the journal PLOS One found "no conclusive evidence" of any health effects from wind turbines, aside from reports of people being woken up by turbines that average 35 decibels, just above a whisper in intensity.
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The most powerful offshore turbines currently in commercial use were built by MHI Vestas and have an output of 8.8 MW. Rivals Senvion and Siemens Gamesa are both looking into double-digit MW offshore turbines for the next decade.
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Though it is easier and cheaper to construct turbines on land, the East Coast in particular offers opportunity because of its strong winds and shallow waters, which means turbines can operate farther out to sea, and out of sight.
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Siemens officials have always said there were no plans to supply the turbines.
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"The prices of turbines will always be decided by the market," he said.
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Wind turbines supplied 7.1 percent, while solar power accounted for just 0.01 percent.
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Rare earths are contained in everything from iPhones to wind turbines to Teslas.
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Envision Energy has sold more than 7.5 GW worth of wind turbines worldwide.
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The company's power division makes turbines for electricity-generating plants around the world.
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There is no evidence that GE's 2200HA-Class turbines have fundamental design flaws.
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GE and Exelon said they expect the turbines to return to service soon.
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It said on Friday it was not supplying turbines for the Crimean plants.
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Low oil prices hurt sales of its power-generation turbines and marine engines.
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His private jet is parked outside the terminal, its engine turbines slowing down.
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The turbines will float on waters "exceeding 100 meters in depth," Statoil says.
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Wind turbines can be obtrusive and impact natural life in the surrounding area.
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Occupation description according to O*NET: Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines.
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Today's offshore turbines typically have a capacity of 6 MW, the body explained.
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Such robots will also be used to inspect and repair GE's gas turbines.
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Last year, China installed wind turbines at a rate of two every hour.
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Wind turbines and solar panels combined generated less than half as much energy.
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The difference, of course, is that Shimizu's turbines can actually survive a storm.
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Combined, the 32 turbines will create enough electricity to power around 2003,000 homes.
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More recent technologies, like combustion engines or steam turbines, ate up 50 years.
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GE forecasts the market for gas-powered turbines will remain stagnant through 2020.
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It's a collection of wind turbines in a particular location with abundant wind.
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Dysprosium, as well as making an electric toothbrush whirr, helps power wind turbines.
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That heat in turn produces steams, which spins turbines and generates clean electricity.
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Turbines within the 1-mile distance should be stopped until studies are complete.
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The farm will comprise of 38 wind turbines with 2.75 MW capacity each.
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"When the wind blows, we generate electricity from the wind turbines," Harris said.
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So claiming that wind turbines are killing American birds is ridiculous in comparison.
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The other three turbines had been offline for weeks or months for repairs.
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But if you have to live by wind turbines, it's not so great.
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In the gauzy background, wind turbines are peacefully spinning amid fields of grain.
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Gas turbines, nuclear power, solar energy and other renewables all played a part.
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Demand for its gas-powered electricity turbines is weak, and will remain so.
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Three turbines were available for service Thursday, a water board spokeswoman told CNN.
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All three new turbines feature strengthened nacelles and hubs and extra cooling capacity.
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The dam would also harness the water's power using turbines to create electricity.
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Combined, the 32 turbines will create enough electricity to power around 230,000 homes.
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For example, we need copper to make everything from pipes to wind turbines.
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Siemens's efforts to seize the turbines have been rejected by a Russian court.
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Now, its turbines are not only far bigger but also much more productive.
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We'd develop plant-based jet fuel or liquid hydrogen turbines for our airplanes.
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"750 megawatts is the planned initial production with two turbines," Seleshi told parliament.
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Depending on the damage, repairing or replacing turbines can take weeks or months.
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The two primary renewables for electricity generation are wind turbines and solar power.
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Bigger turbines offer cheaper raw materials, installation and maintenance per unit of energy.
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His home in South Carolina is powered by wind turbines and solar panels.
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It's equipped with solar panels, water filters, energy efficient batteries and wind turbines.
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Baltic Sea turbines produced 2.1 TWh in the first six months, TenneT said.
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Offshore wind benefits from faster wind speeds and larger scales than onshore turbines.
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A Wutbürger rages against a new train station and tilts against wind turbines.
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Wind turbines might seem like a fun, idyllic way to generate clean electricity.
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The minerals wind up in everything from iPhones to wind turbines and missiles.
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Denmark has sharply cut its carbon intensity with vast installations of wind turbines.
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Chinese state-controlled enterprises had begun to assemble turbines using the same suppliers.
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What do you think about giant wind turbines and their production and assembly?
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Have you seen any wind turbines near where you live, or when traveling?
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With their considerable height and large blades, modern wind turbines are instantly recognizable.
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China is shutting coal mines as fast as it can build wind turbines.
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For while turbines produce renewable energy, their construction does have an environmental impact.
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We see more focus on tariffs than building wind turbines and solar farms.
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With those guarantees, wind companies can obtain bank financing to build more turbines.
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Makani, which develops airborne wind turbines, spun out from X in early 2019.
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It has a capacity of just over 100 MW and comprises 34 turbines.
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Even with its unmatched arsenal of turbines, China still lags the United States.
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"There are just fewer gas turbines being bought," one former GE executive said.
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Compared to the massive metal turbines that whir away in coal-fired or gas-fired power stations, the sails on wind turbines don't have the same heft, or inertia, that helps the overall grid tick along after a fault occurs.
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Some of the restrictions have support from local communities which want to avoid having wind turbines too close to their homes, others are promoted by environmentalists who say putting turbines too close together disrupts nesting and flight paths for birds.
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GE is continuing to sell turbines in a slumping market for big power plants, where it has lost share to rivals Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and Siemens AG. GE has said it booked orders for three large turbines last month.
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A spokeswoman for Xinjiang Goldwind, which exclusively makes direct-drive turbines, said the technology had a competitive advantage over geared rivals because of factors including reliability and the elimination of over 1,20183 components in the transmission systems needed by gearbox turbines.
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GE reiterated on Tuesday its comments from last week, saying it has a fix for the problem, which resulted from oxidation that "affects the lifespan of a single blade component on 9HA and 9FB gas turbines" along with GE's HA turbines.
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The plants were designed to house gas turbines made by a unit of Siemens.
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It occupies raw, muddy terrain with wind turbines and smokestacks towering in the distance.
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One of the two electricity-generating turbines at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.
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Correction: This story originally stated there are around 530,000 turbines operating worldwide right now.
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Back in the U.S., there was optimism regarding the offshore turbines now producing energy.
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Wind turbines whirl to generate electricity in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec.
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"(Trump) says wind turbines cause cancer, we know they cause jobs," said Washington Gov.
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Scientists still don't fully understand the impact of these monstrous turbines on marine life.
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In the future China is expected to buy around 20 gas turbines per year.
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The Cardiff lagoon would have up to 110 turbines and cost more like £8bn.
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Multiple studies have since concluded there are no health risks to living around turbines.
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As the pentane heats, it expands and causes turbines to turn, which produces electricity.
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These are more efficient than the steam turbines used in waste-to-energy plants.
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If the turbines' foundations are taken into account, they each weigh nearly 1,6003 tonnes.
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The contract would involve 112 units of Siemens Gamesa's direct drive 8 MW turbines.
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On and offshore wind turbines met 57.503 percent of UK power needs in 257.50.
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Wind turbines—or, rather, the concrete pilings upon which they sit—are no different.
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We went to 2100, the top of the structure housing the massive metal turbines.
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Its power primarily comes from gas-fired power stations, wind turbines and nuclear plants.
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You also label other alternatives like solar energy and wind turbines as carbon ideologies.
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Bigger turbines and blades perform better under the forces generated by strong ocean winds.
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Researchers found that wind turbines also produce infrasound, frequencies under 2900 hertz, as well.
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Now there are almost no American manufacturers of wind turbines and associated equipment left.
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Cost reductions are being driven in particular by new technology, such as bigger turbines.
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It has 118 turbines and produces enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes.
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Unlike much other heavy manufacturing, production of turbines is likely to remain in Britain.
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Most of the Leipzig plant's power needs are provided by four giant wind turbines.
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Right now, almost all offshore wind turbines require fixed platforms built into the seafloor.
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The finishing touches are being put on one of G.E.'s new gas turbines.
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GE Renewable Energy will provide the project with 179 of its 3.6 MW turbines.
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In recent years, the workers at Harland & Wolff have built parts for wind turbines.
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To retrain pipeline workers and coal miners to build solar panels and wind turbines.
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For example, atmospheric feedback imposes limits to the maximum power generation of wind turbines.
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Bigger turbines sweep a larger area and harness more wind, cutting costs per megawatt.
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Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars are now commonplace on tech's largest campuses.
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The kind Trump himself might applaud, if he didn't hate wind turbines so much.
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It would focus on three others: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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Gas-fired turbines, equipment that lasts 20 or 30 years, are its core product.
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And because of the high pressures involved, its components are smaller than conventional turbines.
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That means places like hilltops, plains and oceanfronts make good sites for wind turbines.
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For the moment, there are neither wind turbines nor bald eagles on Galloo Island.
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"He says wind turbines cause cancer, we know they cause jobs," Mr. Inslee said.
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From eight damaged turbines, engineers had salvaged enough parts to rebuild three of them.
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Whether it be turbines, reactors, trains or satellite launchers, China has mastered this procedure. ■
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In designing their power systems, many students choose either solar panels or wind turbines.
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It can then can be used to power turbines or to provide direct heat.
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His father, Steve Cummings, installed some of the first wind turbines in the town.
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That growth has led to an expertize shortfall in building and maintaining the turbines.
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The company, TAM Energy, briefly sold wind turbines out of the Titan Atlas factory.
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Workers erect four wind turbines, then the ship returns to shore for more parts.
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The new turbines' diameter will be 167 metres, 40% wider than the London Eye.
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The study found "no statistically significant negative impacts on house prices" from the turbines.
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Protesters say the turbines will have adverse long term health effects on the population.
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Why are bigger wind turbines better than those originally developed, according to the article?
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Phase 1A of the project is made up of four 1.5 megawatt (MW) turbines.
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Wind turbines that were constructed up to 30 years ago are still going strong.
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It consists of 22020 seven-megawatt wind turbines that are each 1.63 meters tall.
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"750 megawatts is the planned initial production with two turbines," Seleshi Bekele told parliament.
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Profit at GE Power plunged 58% last quarter as orders for gas turbines tumbled.
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More recently, GE disclosed a glitch with one of its fast-selling gas turbines.
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Europe is now home to more than 4,000 offshore wind turbines across 11 countries.
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When prices are higher, the company releases the water, using turbines to generate electricity.
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Rosatom also cooperates with General Electric Co on turbines through GE's French subsidiary Alstom.
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Yet while respondents who live closer to wind turbines did report lower ratings for environmental quality of life, researchers couldn't tell whether these individuals were dissatisfied before the wind turbines were installed, study co-author Sandra Sulsky told Reuters Health by email.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that gas turbines being installed in Crimea were of Russian origin after German engineering firm Siemens said earlier this week that two of its turbines had been delivered there against its wishes and without its knowledge.
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"It will likely still be a few years before [wind] overtakes hydro generation, because ... hydraulic turbines run more frequently throughout the year" than do wind turbines, said Colleen Regan, head of North America power and environmental markets at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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All wind turbines are subject to the Betz limit of capturing 59 percent of the energy from wind, but its developers say the Saphonian is quite capable of surpassing this limit because it is bladeless, making it far more efficient than traditional turbines.
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The only Russian producer of such turbines is a Siemens joint venture in St Petersburg.
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Correction: This story was revised to correct the number of offshore turbines in the U.K.
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Siemens has responded by focusing more on servicing the existing turbines it has already built.
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This is currently used to make high-strength components for jet engines and gas turbines.
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Wind turbines must be built where there is wind, solar panels where there is sun.
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But if nothing else, at least now there are turbines in the water, generating electricity.
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When it is generating, the water is let back in, turning turbines as it travels.
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Working in deeper water provides an additional benefit over traditional wind turbines, according to Felker.
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Zinke added he also would consider installing solar panels and wind turbines on that land.
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The figure partly reflects the increase in renewable installations, mainly wind turbines and solar panels.
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Operators are now able to build bigger turbines that can be sited farther from shore.
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Equinor said it expected that under certain conditions its turbines will be visible from shore.
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But the wind turbines filling fields nearby flag the origins of a future-focused business.
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Denmark boasts unusually high wind speeds, so they've built the hell out of wind turbines.
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Some of it went into gas generators which were linked to turbines which drove pumps.
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Turbines at the proposed Rush Creek Wind Project in eastern Colorado could be even taller.
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The farm will be made up of 10 four megawatt wind turbines supplied by Siemens.
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Last year the Supreme Court ruled against him, however, and the turbines will go ahead.
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And most people don't like 300-foot-tall wind turbines dotting hillsides and mountain ridges.
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Finally, wind turbines require huge amounts of land because they must be spaced far apart.
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For years, it's been much cheaper for most countries to build wind turbines on land.
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They were paid $85033 million in lease payments in 2017 alone for hosting wind turbines.
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South Australia had a massive blackout last year when wind turbines suddenly stopped producing energy.
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Solar panels and wind turbines are now among the least expensive ways to produce energy.
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The Blakliden wind park will have 50 turbines, while the Fabodberget site will have 34.
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Sectors: Renewable-energy generationAnnual salary: $54,370O*NET description: Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines.
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Pacific coast waters, being much deeper, would require placing turbines on more expensive floating platforms.
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The plant comprises two gas turbines of 126 MW and one 120-MW steam turbine.
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However, wind turbines kept turning, helping keep the lights on and energy prices in check.
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In fact, fossil fuel power plants lead to far more bird deaths than wind turbines.
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The list covers a range of goods, from motorcycles to steam turbines and railway cars.
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In the parking lot there are wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicle charging stations.
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Combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) are efficient because they combine two cycles, thus the name.
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" The study found "no unique impact on the rate of home sales near wind turbines.
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Those cost differences are significant given the size of the wind turbines that Vestas produces.
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A. As many as 90 percent of the turbines in use now have three blades.
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Its Chinese-built turbines began turning last December, flooding five villages as the reservoir filled.
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Siemens said the turbines were transferred to Crimea without its knowledge and against its will.
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The project is made up of 365 turbines, each having a capacity of 850 kilowatts.
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" The study found "no unique impact on the rate of home sales near wind turbines.
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The exhibits were chock-full of models and videos of windmill turbines and solar panels.
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Iowa landowners receive up to $20 million every year for hosting turbines on their property.
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Rather than relying on batteries and rotors, UAV Turbines is developing a tiny jet engine.
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Today, they are used in niche applications like helping wind turbines cope with fluctuating winds.
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The technology could be used across G.E.'s businesses, whether medical equipment or wind turbines.
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Shell still backs the company, which generates energy through small wind turbines attached to kites.
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According to industry body WindEurope, 409 wind turbines were connected to the grid in 2018.
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According to industry body WindEurope, 409 wind turbines were connected to the grid in 2018.
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It will use a 72-meter-long "floating superstructure" to support two 1 MW turbines.
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In his fight against wind energy, Trump has repeatedly cited bird deaths from wind turbines.
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Offshore wind turbines sometimes face opposition from residents who don't like the way they look.
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As well as wind power, the business has invested in solar arrays and methane turbines.
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Today, they are used in niche applications like helping wind turbines cope with fluctuating winds.
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"We know from other turbine installations around the world that fish and marine mammals are not colliding with turbines," Sarah Dawson, a spokesperson for Cape Sharp Tidal, which was selected by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy to install the test turbines, told me.
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Over the past 20 years, Russia has lost the ability to produce turbines of that capacity.
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GE will also use Sonelgaz affiliate MEI to make replacement parts for GE turbines, GE said.
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One of the two turbines at the Bhikki power plant was delayed by about a month.
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"We would like, at some point, to see more turbines in the water," Dawson told me.
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More frequently, Trump has linked bird deaths to wind turbines, another popular narrative against the technology.
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General Electric, the nation's largest industrial company, makes products like jet engines, locomotives and gas turbines.
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The unit makes multi-ton gas turbines that generate onsite power to keep industrial plants running.
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He proposes to replace the conventional turbines of previous planned schemes with a much older technology.
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It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation and servicing of turbines for the offshore wind sector.
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The firm's work includes securing giant wind turbines on ships bound for Chinese partners in Africa.
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As the downsized turbines would be optimised for cruising, they would themselves have better fuel economy.
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The farm will feature five six-megawatt turbines, which Statoil claims will power about 20,000 households.
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Cover: Wind turbines from the Smoky Hills Wind Farm dwarf the Excelsior Lutheran Church Friday, Oct.
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Industry experience shows that turbines usually account for roughly half the cost of offshore wind projects.
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Vattenfall said the turbines are in the 8-megawatt class, which describes individual sizes only roughly.
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The road to low carbon emissions will probably be lined with wind turbines and photovoltaic panels.
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Six turbines growl in its huge belly, watched over by mechanics in a futuristic control room.
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There are two turbines for propulsion, as well as a two-seat cockpit about mid-body.
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A tender for the park's turbines, with probable capacity of 3 MW each, has been launched.
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But this study shows that ocean turbines can be a part of a larger energy grid.
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Last year it booked 24 orders for its newest gas turbines in Mexico, Bangladesh and elsewhere.
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The 30-megawatt facility is made up of five turbines and started production in October 2017.
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Floating wind turbines will likely be needed if California is going to get into this space.
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The EU also said the blacklisted companies include Siemens' two Russian contractors that moved the turbines.
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These workers will grow America's fleet of wind turbines by nearly 50 percent in that period.
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Several of the industry sources said a Russian firm called ROTEK had experience with Siemens turbines.
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It said they were modernised turbines that were the work of Russian specialists and Russian equipment.
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The Hornsea One site will be made up of 174, 7-megawatt turbines from Siemens Gamesa.
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Farmers and ranchers are paid $245 million a year in lease payments for hosting wind turbines.
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When we read "green energy," most of us probably think about wind turbines and solar panels.
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Or are wind turbines and solar farms now reliable and economical enough to take their place?
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China has aggressively moved to develop its manufacturing capability for wind turbines, photovoltaics, and nuclear power.
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He pointed to continued trouble at GE Power, the division that makes turbines for power plants.
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The Audubon Society estimates that hundreds of thousands of birds are killed by turbines each year.
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When the ships' turbines get overheated, they can't generate as much energy, resulting in electrical failures.
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There is no evidence to support Trump's claim that noise from wind turbines can cause cancer.
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Nearly two dozen projects are on the drawing board, with some potentially including scores of turbines.
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The turbines are about three miles off Block Island and can be seen easily from land.
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It produces two-thirds of the world's solar panels and nearly half of the wind turbines.
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The plant harnesses heat and steam from the earth's core to spin turbines to generate power.
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McKibben suggests a huge mobilization to produce green technologies, solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars.
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What about drones and aircraft and wind turbines and electrical wires and chimneys and miscellaneous poles?
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Before becoming President, Trump fought a long battle with the Scottish government over 11 wind turbines.
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GE Renewable Energy has announced details of a high-speed blade inspection system for wind turbines.
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It works on both GE and non-GE turbines and can provide real time data analytics.
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Copenhagen is surrounded by turbines but my Danish colleagues are not seeing queues of sick people.
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There are 65,000 G.E. jet engines in use worldwide, 7,000 power generators and 35,000 wind turbines.
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G.E. would shrink to just three major operations: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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We forget this a little bit because of the charm of solar panels and wind turbines.
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The very tallest onshore US turbines are at the Hancock Wind project in Hancock County, Maine.
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In 2017, Hoen told me, US wind turbines had an average rotor diameter of 367 feet.
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Wind turbines don't cause cancer, but coal-burning power plants do — along with many other ailments.
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China has invested heavily in green technologies such as electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels.
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A good place, then, to see wind turbines turning high above pump jacks and drilling rigs.
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These older targets were generally written to favor specific technologies, like wind turbines and solar panels.
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The average capacity for newly installed turbines is 239% higher than it was 20 years ago.
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He's much more likely to mock renewable energy efforts, or wrongly say wind turbines cause cancer.
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Since then, Harland and Wolff has concentrated on renewable energy, including offshore wind and tidal turbines.
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Compressing the air allows it to deliver more oxygen to the turbines, making them more efficient.
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It produces two-thirds of the world's solar panels and nearly half of the wind turbines.
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It hopes to eventually roll it out in other states where it supplies turbines, like Texas.
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Once it is fully built, PETN will use 46 wind turbines supplied by Danish firm Vestas.
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Another economic driver is advanced technology leading to larger, more efficient turbines that capture more wind.
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They drove tractors and trains and operated turbines; joined fishing crews, the police, and the Army.
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We forget that introducing wind turbines, that second revolution in energy in Texas, didn't happen overnight.
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Place turbines in the sea and you also dodge the NIMBYs who detest them on land.
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Fred Hiatt: Since you brought up wind turbines, we asked readers for questions they would ask.
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The relocation of the turbines defied a contractual agreement not to violate international sanctions, Siemens said.
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Vestas' aim for zero-waste wind turbines points to a significant challenge faced by the industry.
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Caterpillar operates heavy equipment plants and General Electric has joint ventures to manufacture natural gas turbines.
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They can build anything from apartments to escalators and wind turbines, said its designer, Jose Sanchez.
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The biggest problem continues to be GE Power, the division that makes turbines for power plants.
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GE makes turbines in China, but also in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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Moscow denies this and claims to have modernized the existing turbines using Russian specialists and equipment.
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Cobalt is also widely used for superalloys in turbines, space vehicles, rocket engines and power plants.
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While GE is shipping more megawatts worth of wind turbines, it faces pressure to lower prices.
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A joint venture between Siemens and Russian firm Power Machines is already producing turbines in Russia.
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The state that wagered the most on wind turbines wasn't California or Vermont; it was Iowa.
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Siemens renewed its offer to buy back the turbines and cancel the original contract with state-owned Technopromexport (TPE), against whom it is taking legal action intended to stop further deliveries to Crimea and to return the turbines to their original destination of Taman in southern Russia.
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The agreement with Voith, which has already supplied 13 out of the dam's 16 turbines alongside France's Alstom, was made after the government, due to delays, cancelled a contract with its military-run Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC)to provide the remaining three turbines, sustaining losses.
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The center captures energy generated by the movement of seawater through tidal turbines and wave energy converters.
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"One can assume that while the legal case is ongoing the turbines will be installed," he said.
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Additionally, a similar method could conceivably be used to locate wind turbines and other energy infrastructure components.
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In April, factories expanded production of turbines and other heavy machinery by the most in seven months.
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The Palmas Altas facility will have a capacity of 144.9 megawatts and will use 46 wind turbines.
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China has hundreds of offshore wind turbines, with plans to grow the sector 30-fold by 2020.
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Some DERs generate energy, like solar panels, small wind turbines, or combined heat-and-power (CHP) units.
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GE's Greenville factory makes large, gas-fired turbines that generate electricity in power plants around the world.
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Since wind turbines do not turn consistently, the grid must be carefully tuned to keep it stable.
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That is boosting both Vestas' order book and its service business, where it maintains thousands of turbines.
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That is boosting both Vestas' order book and its service business, where it maintains thousands of turbines.
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Standing in the street, he described now the hurricane "ripped off" the blades of nearby wind turbines.
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Golden eagles, protected under federal law, are among the large birds that could interact with wind turbines.
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So it makes sense that utilities are planting wind turbines in the places with the most wind.
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Iowa has more than 4,000 wind turbines and generates approximately 40% of its electricity from wind power.
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The plant harnesses heat and steam from the earth&aposs core to spin turbines to generate power.
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These are jet turbines that turn a propeller at the front of the engine via a gearbox.
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But, just because wind turbines produce little carbon dioxide does not mean they have no environmental impact.
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Gamesa says has received an order to supply 65 of its G114- 2.1 MW turbines in Brazil.
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Wind turbines, vehicle components, injections mouldings and electronic systems all go off to South Korea, for instance.
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Getting off oil by 2045 will take wind turbines, volcanic energy, bio-mass recycling, and ocean energy.
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The tremendous heat created by the concentrated solar power produces steam that drives turbines to produce electricity.
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Whether power-generation from high-altitude winds actually can compete with existing turbines remains to be seen.
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Factories lining Juárez's urban highways, making everything from car parts to wind turbines, sport job-vacancy signs.
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Once water starts gushing through its turbines, it is expected to produce over 6,000 megawatts of power.
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Tests of a prototype yielded 30 percent efficiency, which is 10 percent lower than propeller-based turbines.
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"Using larger turbines is a critical part of the industry's drive in getting costs down," Sykes said.
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However, she declined to say whether she thinks Trump is wrong that wind turbines can cause cancer.
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It makes products such as high speed trains, air conditioning plants, energy transmissions systems and gas turbines.
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Once that steam drives the turbines that generate power, it's pumped to the top of the tower.
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Furthermore, despite the copper thermal heatsink and jet turbines for fans, the palm rest gets uncomfortably hot.
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It said that they were modernised turbines that were the work of Russian specialists and Russian equipment.
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Building these wind turbines and snow cannons would also take a toll on the marine Antarctic ecosystem.
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Rare earth elements' uses include rechargeable batteries for electric and hybrid cars, computers, wind turbines and lighting.
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The Mt Gellibrand facility consists of 44 turbines and has a capacity of up to 132 megawatts.
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At one point, I was shown a three-dimensional diorama of a coastline full of wind turbines.
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Gamesa had already partnered with France's Areva to build offshore wind turbines through their Adwen joint venture.
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Entire towns benefit when wind projects are built, not just those who lease their land for turbines.
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Direct-drive turbines account for a "high-single-digit" percentage of its volume sales, a spokesman said.
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For years there have been plans to build turbines in the sea near to the golf course.
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The people of Kahuku have "said over and over that we don't want these turbines," she said.
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Those nice spinning turbines, at least when they spin, slice-and-dice thousands of birds each year.
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It is a heavy industrial company that makes construction and mining equipment, industrial turbines and railroad locomotives.
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They are carried up- and downhill by a train that is thus the equivalent of the turbines.
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The sector is racing to build ever larger turbines, which are becoming more efficient along with size.
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And for all of his railing against wind turbines, Trump hasn't acted on his hatred of them.
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Correction (August 17th): This piece originally claimed that three pump-powering turbines were working on August 5th.
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The facility will be Missouri's biggest and will be made up of 175 American-made wind turbines.
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Like its rivals, Vestas now designs turbines for places with light winds as well as heavy ones.
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Stations should be fitted with solar panels and wind turbines, and more lines electrified, the motion adds.
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Flannery similarly flagged strengths and weaknesses in GE's renewable power business, which focuses on developing wind turbines.
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Developed in the 1950s, the catapults used steam piped from the ship's turbines to reliably launch planes.
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Jobs would be lost in construction equipment, semiconductors, turbines, aerospace and other sectors, the Peterson Institute says.
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During the first phase, which took place last year, SGRE installed three turbines, which are already operational.
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Open-cycle gas turbines (OCGT) are less efficient and produce more expensive power, but they are faster.
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