gas turbine
noun
: an internal combustion engine in which expanding gases from the combustion chamber drive the blades of a turbine
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The company is a global leader in construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, diesel-electric locomotives and industrial gas turbines.
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Peter High, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
What’s more, gas turbine modules with up to 60 megawatts of capacity can be up and running within a month of delivery, and they can be conveniently sited so as to feed their output into existing transmission lines.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2012
So why is the oil and gas industry interested in providing electrical power that can be generated by gas turbines?
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
But in a lengthy request for information sought from data center and energy developers, the agency outlines a variety of electricity sources available at each site, from solar arrays to gas turbines.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
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Peter High, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
What’s more, gas turbine modules with up to 60 megawatts of capacity can be up and running within a month of delivery, and they can be conveniently sited so as to feed their output into existing transmission lines.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2012
So why is the oil and gas industry interested in providing electrical power that can be generated by gas turbines?
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
But in a lengthy request for information sought from data center and energy developers, the agency outlines a variety of electricity sources available at each site, from solar arrays to gas turbines.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Gas turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20turbine. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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