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Lastly, the researchers are using two test bench methods—one for analyzing wind turbine subsystems and the other for analyzing individual components.
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
This is welcome news for the sustainable energy community, where many wind turbine projects are still searching for a path to economic viability.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
But sometimes, the big utility companies making money on fossil fuels are the same ones seeking to build solar farms or wind turbines.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Transmission lines have drawn a crowd of clean energy developers, and the first wind turbines have already gone up.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Onshore wind turbines severely deter German bats from foraging.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The bills would prohibit offshore wind turbines within one mile of the coastline or intracoastal waterways as well as within all state waters, which extend three nautical miles from shore on the Atlantic side of the state and nine nautical miles on the Gulf side.
—Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Latin America already mines a good amount of the world’s copper, which is crucial for the construction of electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other green technologies.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
This is welcome news for the sustainable energy community, where many wind turbine projects are still searching for a path to economic viability.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
But sometimes, the big utility companies making money on fossil fuels are the same ones seeking to build solar farms or wind turbines.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Transmission lines have drawn a crowd of clean energy developers, and the first wind turbines have already gone up.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Onshore wind turbines severely deter German bats from foraging.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The bills would prohibit offshore wind turbines within one mile of the coastline or intracoastal waterways as well as within all state waters, which extend three nautical miles from shore on the Atlantic side of the state and nine nautical miles on the Gulf side.
—Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Latin America already mines a good amount of the world’s copper, which is crucial for the construction of electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other green technologies.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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1909, in the meaning defined above
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