Sentences with phrase «spinning a turbine on»

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Could purple wind turbines decrease the carnage wreaked in the night by looming towers with spinning blades on Halloween's iconic flying mammals?

Savonius rotor turbines are another design, where air scoops are mounted on the shaft of the generator, forming a spinning cylinder.

It can also throw off the balance of a wind turbine's spinning blades, putting tremendous forces on shafts and machinery, leading to failures or shut - downs.

The devices wouldn't rely on anything spinning or turning like wind turbines, but would instead harness the energy in the vibration of wind, seismic activity and more.

While the SL550 growls aggressively under acceleration, then sounds off with exhaust pops on gear changes and deceleration, the SL450 emits a mechanically pure whirr, like a big turbine spinning up.

Made of high - quality PVC and modeled from actual in - game 3D files, the Revenant stands on an LED - lit base with internal, slow - spinning turbine from the UAC facility on Mars.

Weather effects, for the most part, didn't take much of a toll on the framerate; however, the fire was always a huge hit to framerate and forced the fans on my PS4 Pro to spin up louder than a turbine for any extended period of time.

The statue is mounted on an LED - lit base «with internal, slow - spinning turbine from the UAC facility on Mars.»

But even when they're operating below the cut - in speed, wind turbines still spin — and take a toll on bats.

Now, imagine that on the other side of your light switch, one of two scenarios exists: the first is a «clean» world where wind turbines spin to generate electrons to power your light bulb and the other is a «dirty» world where a coal - fired power plant lumbers into operation, spewing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants into the atmosphere, to create the same level of brightness in your living room.

I believe there is a simple solution to bird and bat fatalities also, by mounting cheap passive ultrasonic «whistles» on turbine blades, to create a sound warning shield, keeping flying wildlife away from any spinning turbines.

The rapidly spinning blades of huge wind turbines have an effect on their surroundings, and it goes beyond aesthetics.

More than 170,000 mirrors will gather tremendous amounts of sunlight and focus it on three towers filled with water, raising temperatures to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and producing steam that spins turbines that generate electricity.

Those turbines you see spinning on the horizon aren't importing or exporting the breeze.

Traditionally, grid operators have relied on spinning reserves, usually natural gas turbines, that can be brought online very quickly.

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Yvonne Wilke, Volkmar Stenzel and Manfred Peschka of the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a paint based on the textured skin of sharks that will help make the blades of wind turbines spin more effectively.

Via Indiana University More on Alternative Energy China's Largest Solar Panel Maker Expect Sales to Climb 20 % in 2011 We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020 U.S. Needs to Boost Spending for Energy R&D;, Panel Tells Obama Some U.S. Utilities Starting to Replace Coal with Natural Gas Steven Chu: China Giving U.S. a Clean Technology «Sputnik Moment» iSuppli Forecasts 15.8 GW of Solar PV in 2010, 19.3 GW in 2011 South - Korea to Invest $ 8.2 B In Massive Offshore Wind Farms Stirling Engine Made with Soda Cans Spins to 860 RPM (Video)

The Hywind Scotland array's turbine, the Hywind 2, is an evolutionary step on from the prototype, Hywind 1, which has been spinning solo at a deepwater site off the west coast of Norway since 2009.