wind turbine

noun

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Definition of wind turbine

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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Recent Examples of wind turbine from the Web

Still another scientist from Florida State University had a crate-sized device developed by the wind turbine industry to measure wind speeds from 200 feet above the canopy to the forest floor.

— kyle dickman, Outside Online, "What the West Can Learn from Florida About Forest Fires," 27 June 2018
For Berkshire Hathaway Energy, its software is used to keep tabs on wind turbine maintenance — an important task for expensive turbines that are often situated in remote locations.

— james vincent, The Verge, "The US Army is using machine learning to predict when combat vehicles need repair," 26 June 2018
Labor department figures show solar panel and wind turbine technicians are the two fastest-growing careers in the country.

— CBS News, "A red state goes green: How Texas became a pioneer in wind energy," 22 June 2018
More than 500 manufacturing positions are open in the area, according to Indeed, a jobs website, including at John Deere and wind turbine-blade plants.

— danielle paquette, chicagotribune.com, "Americans with disabilities are finding new leverage in a tight job market," 21 June 2018
Chinese firms’ share of the international wind turbine market rose from 9% to nearly 25% over the past decade.

— peter navarro, WSJ, "Trump’s Tariffs Are a Defense Against China’s Aggression," 20 June 2018
Instead, look to the giant wind turbine in Charlestown — erected by Chinese engineers, but controlled by software that was stolen from a Massachusetts company.

— hiawatha bray, BostonGlobe.com, "The real China trade issue? It’s stealing, not steel," 11 June 2018
The team's innovation is a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator adhesive strip that can stick to the surface of wind turbine blades, plane wings and truck trailers.

— justin madden, cleveland.com, "300-gallon spill closes portion of I-480, police say," 19 Apr. 2018
The country is third in the world—behind only China and the United States—in total wind power and new wind power added each year, and recently broke a world record for the tallest wind turbine ever built.

— avery thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Germany Builds World's Tallest Wind Turbine," 3 Nov. 2017

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