Sentences with phrase «taller turbine towers»

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Could concrete towers be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's 80 meters to the steadier winds at 100 meters and taller?

«Engineers design, test taller, high - strength concrete towers for wind turbines.»

Taller towers also allow for longer turbine blades.

«Concrete for taller wind turbine towers passes tests, could help expand wind energy nationwide.»

Speaking earlier this month, Kiernan pointed to «taller towers, longer blades, and improved electronics to operate and maintain the turbines are all part of this revolution.»

Taller wind - turbine towers will be crucial in expanding wind power nationwide, enabling wind energy production in all 50 states, according to studies by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, based in Golden, Colorado.

Turbines have taller towers, more reliable drive trains and performance - optimizing control systems.

For example, construction company SOM sculptured the 309 - metre - tall Pearl River Tower in China so it directs wind to in - built turbines that generate energy for the building.

Turbine towers could not be taller than 500 feet from base to blade tip, and they could not emit noise greater than 45 decibels at the property line.

The Crescent Dunes and Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants use mirrors to focus the sun's rays onto a heat exchanger at the top of a 600 - foot - tall tower during the day to heat a fluid that is used, either directly or indirectly, to produce steam to drive a turbine generator that produces electricity.

The 19.9 - megawatt steam turbine can supply electricity to a population of 25,000 households using a 140 - meter - tall tower and a field using 2,650 heliostats.

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Energy companiesí proposals to build «wind farms» - i.e., wind turbines mounted on tall towers - to produce electricity involve complex community and public policy issues.

Advancements undertaken by manufacturers include designing taller towers and turbines with longer and lighter blades allowing rotor diameters to exceed 100 meters, larger than the wingspan of the largest commercial jets.