Giant turbines which would be the tallest on land in the UK could be erected in the Outer Hebrides if new plans go ahead.
Not exact matches
Before his address, the president toured the city's iconic General Electric plant
which is producing
giant turbines — among other things — that are exported to nations as far away as Kuwait, India and China — a far cry from the light bulb filaments invented by Thomas Edison that put GE on the map in the late 19th century.
The rise and fall with each wave alternately pressurizes and depressurizes the air at the top,
which can drive a
turbine; Wavegen in Scotland, partly owned by Siemens, the
giant electrical company, recently opened a 100 - kilowatt generator based on this system.
Olafur Eliasson is perhaps most well known here in the UK for his
Turbine Hall installation The Weather Project
which in 2003 saw a
giant glowing sun and mirrored ceiling fill the Tate Modern
Turbine Hall with brilliant yellow light.
Following the enigmatic crack, the fog - shrouded sun and the
giant slides
which became some of the most popular public art installations of recent years, Tate Modern yesterday announced that the Polish artist Miroslaw Balka is the next to win the Unilever commission to fill the gallery's huge
Turbine Hall.
In 2006 Holler installed five
giant slides at the Tate Modern
Turbine Hall,
which were a big hit with the public.
He is well known for his use of rich pigment and imposing, yet popular works, such as the vast, fleshy and trumpet - like Marsyas,
which filled the Tate's
Turbine Hall as part of the Unilever Series, the
giant reflecting, pod like sculpture Cloud Gate in Chicago's Millennium Park and his recent record breaking show at the Royal Academy, the most successful exhibition ever presented by a contemporary artist in London.
This became particularly true during Olafur Eliasson's 2003
Turbine Hall installation, «The Weather Project,» in
which a
giant artificial sun glowed ethereally through a billowing mist.
Damien Rice is in a race against time to get a
giant wind
turbine —
which has no planning permission — demolished.