Sentences with phrase «giant turbines»

Once it was determined that the birds would fly safely out of the way of giant turbine blades, construction began.

Some environmentalists oppose wind power, concerned that the clusters of giant turbines used to produce it could threaten birds and bats.

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 rhetoric and giant turbines make for a campaign «moment.»

The next generation of the already - giant turbines anchored off the shores of Europe will be as tall as the Eiffel Tower.

Giant turbines which would be the tallest on land in the UK could be erected in the Outer Hebrides if new plans go ahead.

The problem for police trying to thwart the vandalism is that wind farms cover a massive rural area, with many of the giant turbines located in remote, isolated locations.

Arguably the most flamboyant application of wind power was the August 2007 start of a giant turbine at the Jiminy Mountain Ski Resort in the Western Berkshires region of Massachusetts.