Sentences with phrase «of large turbines»

Deep - water wind supporters in Maine believe that by 2030 they can grab 5 gigawatts of power with arrays of large turbines up to 50 miles off the coast, away from conflicts and where the winds blow strong and consistent.

Although small wind turbines may look like miniature versions of large turbines, there are important differences in technology, purchase decisions, application requirements and value of generated electricity.

At the facility in Searsburg, Vermont, for example, it is apparently not even metered and is completely unknown * The manufacturers of large turbines — for example, Vestas, GE, and NEG Micon — do not include electricity consumption in the specifications they provide.

This includes an evaluation of low - cost methods for undertaking floating - to - floating heavy lift operations, a study to identify cost - effective technologies and strategies for monitoring and inspection, and another to assess the impact of larger turbines (up to 15 MW) on floating foundations.

Of course, that summary omits all the caveats about mortalities Lovich et al might have missed, about the Mesa Wind Project being one development in a sea of larger turbines, about absence of evidence not being evidence of absence, fewer eagles per year and so forth, so wind fans who pride themselves on their science literacy might have second thoughts.

GE says they are some of the largest turbines in the world, with a diameter of 150 m (490 ft) and a height of 170 m (560 ft).

Renewal of the wind tax credit, which can provide up to $ 1 million to developers of a large turbine, is a politically contentious issue.

Not exact matches

While this dwarfs the number of turbines in other countries, the energy demand of such a large nation is significantly higher.

This morning, one of the Green Growth Fund's portfolio companies, UpWind Solutions, was acquired by wind giant Vestas, the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines.

But neighbors quickly rallied against the proposal, citing, in part, the possible risk of fire if the turbine were installed in the middle of the woods and the large number of birds in the nature preserve surrounding the lake.

Everyone knows that wind turbine which are built on the most windy cost will end up standing still for maybe 50 % of the time, I have a large wind farm next to me right now it's windy and two out of the twelve turbines are turning, most days we have one turning and I've yet to see more then four turning.

He canceled plans for a 40 - turbine wind farm off the coast of Jones Beach as too expensive and controversial, only to initiate plans for a new, larger, more expensive project off the coast of the Rockaways and western Nassau.

They braved the harsh conditions in the middle of the night to set up a large searchlight with specially designed reflecting optics to generate a gigantic light sheet next to the 130 - meter - tall wind turbine for illuminating the snow particles in a 36 - meter - wide - by -36-meter-high area.

Host Yul Kwon, a former telecommunications attorney and winner of the Survivor 2006 season, guides viewers on a sweeping tour of the nation that has them flying over California's largest reservoir (at left), descending into a coal mine in Wyoming, and perching atop a wind turbine in Washington State.

Based on the findings, the researchers suggest either designing wind - turbine rotors to minimize turbulence or siting wind farms where natural atmospheric turbulence is high, such as the U.S. Midwest or large parts of northern Europe and China, to cut down on any surface - temperature impacts, if necessary.

Its turbines, harnessing the power of the world's third largest river, will have a capacity of 18 000 megawatts.

Commercial wave energy converters can be large and are generally part of a group of devices, like a wind farm with multiple turbines.

«Vestas will now have the largest and most efficient offshore turbine ahead of the U.K. round three,» Setterberg said.

Geared turbines are extremely effective today, but they will incur higher costs as they are scaled up to larger wind platforms because of additional weight and maintenance needs, Longtin said.

Known as PS10 and built by the Spanish company Abengoa Solar, the project produces electricity with 624 large moveable mirrors called heliostats, using these to concentrate the sun's heat to the top of a 115 - metre - high tower where a solar receiver and a steam turbine are located.

«If I'm in a conversation with a potential employee and the name Vestas comes up — which is the world's largest supplier of turbines — and they say, «Who is that?»

General Electric (GE), a world leader in industrial power generation technology and the world's largest supplier of gas turbines, considers gas - fired power generation a key growth sector of its business and a practical step toward reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

Already the largest wind and solar market in the world, China plans to install another 20 gigawatts of wind turbines and 15 GW of solar panels this year.

«Wind turbines generate electricity by removing energy from the wind, so a larger number of wind turbines should result in a slowdown of the winds in the lower atmosphere,» Mechem said.

What happens to the wind when a larger number of wind turbines removes more and more of the energy of atmospheric motion?

GE's H - class heavy - duty gas turbines are currently the world's largest and most efficient gas turbines, capable of converting fuel and air into electricity at more than 62 percent power - plant efficiency when matched with a steam turbine generator, a setup known as combined cycle.

Atmospheric science professors Nate Brunsell and David Mechem in KU's Department of Geography are co-authors of a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international research group that evaluated the effects of large wind farms on atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy the turbines can generate.

«When the German Renewable Energy Law [Erneuerbare Energien - Gesetz] came into effect a year ago, both the solar and wind energy sectors really got a push,» explains Andrea Hein, director for marketing and communications of Enron Wind, a large manufacturer of wind turbines.

At the end of 2009, the capacity of Texas wind turbines, reaching to the horizons of farm and prairie land, totaled 9,410 megawatts, well more than the combined total of the next three largest wind - power states, Iowa, California and Washington.

Arenas and Virginia Tech colleagues who are known for their wind tunnel research will study the vibrations of wind turbines at a large Chilean wind farm along with health impacts on nearby residents.

More than 2,300 wind turbines twirl off the coasts of 11 European countries today, and the United Kingdom has just approved the world's largest offshore wind farm.

Wind turbines that harness the power of moving air are often very large.

Wind turbines are showing some very real promise in terms of percentage replacement of coal electricity needs, however it will take very large scale events to replace fossil fuel by a economically viable margin, ie 50 %.

Snapshots of University renewables The first large scale wind turbine at a UK university was built at the University of Ulster's Coleraine campus in 2008.

Several automakers and large suppliers are working overtime to prove out the advantages of new - technology turbines.

It's based on the 3.8 - liter unit used in the 911 Turbo S but gets larger turbochargers (with Porsche's variable turbine geometry) capable of providing up to 22.5 psi of boost.

Large, turbine - like air vents remain a polarizing Mercedes design touch, but every control looks and feels hewn from high - quality materials, even the bits made of painted plastic.

Large, 21 - inch, zillion - spoke turbine wheels add a dose of aggression to the PHEV's stance, while the rear diffuser brightwork downplays the exhaust tips.

There's a hint of modern Maserati to the expansive grille with its large vertical strakes - a design intended to direct as much air as possible to the turbine - and we see a touch of Lincoln in the body - width horizontal rear light unit.

Adjustable guide vanes on the turbine act to combine the benefits of a small and a large exhaust turbocharger.

Adjustable guide vanes on the turbine act to combine the benefits of a «small» and a «large» exhaust...

Other possible applications CVT design by BitRaptor are: bicycles, motorcycles, cars, boats, gearboxes, electric motors, steam and wind turbine, as well as a large number of industrial or agriculture applications whenever is necessary some adjustment of the gear ratio.

When combined with modern - day turbocharging — which uses waste energy from the exhaust gas to drive the turbine — direct injection provides the best of both worlds: the responsiveness of a larger - displacement engine with fewer trips to the gas pump.

The extra power squeezed from AMG's V12 engine is also due to the larger compressors and turbine fitted to each of the two turbochargers, the Brabus high - performance exhaust with actively controlled exhaust flaps, the Brabus 900 intake module, and the new engine control system.

The large, wraparound L - shaped headlights add a unique dimension to the overall design, while the light surrounds suggest a powerful «turbine» appearance of energy and strength.

A Holset M2 two - stage turbocharger — actually a larger turbine mated to a smaller turbine — provides forced induction (Holset being the name of a supplier Cummins acquired decades ago).

Where one might expect to find an array of buttons framing a large, centrally - mounted MMI screen, the 2015 Audi TT only submits a row of toggle switches and three turbine - like air - con vents.

It operates with a larger turbine wheel so that the reengineered turbocharger can deliver a particularly large quantity of air.

It comprises a major exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery surveying five decades of his career, a large - scale sculptural commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall and a new publication.

Richard Tuttle's limited edition The End, was produced by Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with Tate Modern in 2014 to accompany his major Whitechapel Gallery exhibition, surveying five decades of his career and his concurrent 2014 large - scale sculptural commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.