Sentence examples for maintaining large turbines from inspiring English sources

The jury is still out on whether this approach is superior, industry insiders say.Size is everythingDespite some difficulties in transporting, deploying and maintaining large turbines, the industry still believes that bigger is better.

Infosys understands first-hand the huge amount of work and energy that goes into maintaining large legacy systems, whether computers or mechanical systems like turbines, locomotives and airplane engines.

Mr. Sandalow said that wind turbine manufacturers were capable of building very large turbines without rare earths.

For very large turbines, such a speed may be excessive for reasons of mechanical stress.

Velocity-compounding is well suited for small turbines; it is also sometimes used as the first stage in large turbines for control purposes.

They also maintained that the quantities of chemicals used in constructing and maintaining wind turbines are relatively small compared with those used in other methods of producing electricity.

The Grimsby docks site will be used for workers involved in operating and maintaining wind turbines off the Lincolnshire coast.

The largest turbines have propellers with wingspans greater than those of commercial airliners.

"There's obviously a shift over the last three years toward larger turbines," Mr. Flowers said.

Using a ten-minute rule bill, Luff will call for a distance of half a mile to be put around smaller turbines, a mile for medium sized turbines and 1.5 miles for the largest turbines from residential areas.

Furthermore, the difference in cost and performance of small-scale wind turbines in comparison to larger turbines is outlined.