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Last October, another trial at the Hornsea 1 Offshore Wind Farm in the UK involved heavy lift drones able to haul 68 kg (150 lb) of cargo from support vessels up to a turbine's nacelle much quicker than using cranes.
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New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
The nacelle's crane then takes over and lifts the package to the top of the turbine.
—New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
Jackson has to scale a narrow, metal ladder inside the turbine and pull herself through a hatch at the top to access the turbine’s nacelle, which sits atop the tower and contains the machine’s main parts.
—Morgan Smith,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
Tower sections and blades arrived via cargo ship along with the nacelles, the housing for the technology that converts the energy created by the blades’ rotations into electricity.
—Hilary Flynn, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2024
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New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
The nacelle's crane then takes over and lifts the package to the top of the turbine.
—New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
Jackson has to scale a narrow, metal ladder inside the turbine and pull herself through a hatch at the top to access the turbine’s nacelle, which sits atop the tower and contains the machine’s main parts.
—Morgan Smith,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
Tower sections and blades arrived via cargo ship along with the nacelles, the housing for the technology that converts the energy created by the blades’ rotations into electricity.
—Hilary Flynn, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2024
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“Nacelle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nacelle. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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nacelle
noun
na·celle
nə-ˈsel 
: an enclosed shelter on an aircraft for an engine or sometimes for the crew
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