Mr. Tesla maintains that in the turbine which forms the subjprt of this article, he has carried the steam and gas motor a long step forward toward the maximum attainable efficiency, both ...

Steam turbines have helped drive a large chunk of our technological development over the last century or so, and they’ll always make for interesting DIY. [Hyperspace Pirate] built a small ...

Labyrinth fitting on a turbine rotor at WEG’s steam turbine facility in Apex Installation of labyrinth seals on a turbine rotor at WEG's steam turbine facility in Apex Measuring of labyrinth ...

Over 90% of the world’s electricity currently comes from heat-based sources, such as coal, nuclear energy, natural gas, and ...

NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Aug. 27, 2024 — Researchers see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled ...

Wind turbine technicians, also known as wind techs, are the professionals in charge of inspecting and maintaining wind turbines. That means that most of their days are spent way up high in a ...

The lovingly named SI-270150 turbine features 430-ft-long blades (131 m), making for a maximum swept area of 616,298 sq ft (57,256 sq m). That's equivalent to nearly 11 American football fields.

Some call it the “wind turbine capital of Texas.” On West Alabama Avenue in the town’s southwest corner, its history collides with a more modern legacy. There, across from the Sweetwater ...

The manufacturers of the damaged wind turbine that sent shards of debris to nearby Nantucket began a recovery effort Sunday to remove blade debris from the bottom of the ocean. The blade of the ...

China’s Dongfang Electric Corp. has surprised the offshore wind industry with an announcement that it’s built a new turbine radically larger than anything previously available in the sector.

(Bloomberg) -- Wind turbines have grown in size, but their form has largely stayed the same. A startup backed by the US Department of Defense and Bill Gates is among those looking to change that.

MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia has launched a power unit based on its first domestically produced high-capacity gas turbine, as it develops its own alternatives to Western technology it can no ...