Sentences with phrase «turn large turbines»

All geothermal power plants use steam to turn large turbines, which run electrical generators.

Not exact matches

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.

In a conventional geared turbine, the rotor turns a large gear, which turns a smaller one, which turns the generator.

But government is able, and often uniquely able, to invest in the basic sciences and large - scale research and development projects that create the menu of insights and technologies that can be turned by the private sector into TomToms and more efficient turbine blades.

I have often worked near these turbines on our research projects in the winter and witnessed the large divots in the snow where ice has been flung from the turning blades.

The UK's offshore wind industry has been given a huge vote of confidence this week, after Gamesa, Spain's largest wind turbine manufacturer, announced plans of turning Scotland's Port of Keith into a hub for offshore wind energy.

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Although the weather wasn't ideal for spectators, it did keep the blades of the city's largest wind turbine turning at a rate of about 48 revolutions per minute.

In contrast, most large solar power projects use a system called concentrating solar power, or CSP, that heats a fluid that boils water to turn a turbine.