turbine
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Caterpillar converted another plant in Kansas to produce turbine engines popular with data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ming Yang has described the UK government's decision - on what would have been the UK's largest wind turbine factory - as a "significant missed opportunity", saying it could have supported up to 1,500 jobs.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
This allows the turbine to operate without a mechanical compressor.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Completed in 1923, the power plant closed in 2008, leaving the main turbine hall of its beaux-arts building abandoned—until last year, when it became a place to play padel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The steam is used to turn a turbine, which generates electricity.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Geothermal, which involves tapping into Earth’s underground heat to spin turbines, looks a lot like nuclear in that it can produce clean electricity 24 hours a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Its major components, including reactor vessel heads, steam generator parts and low-pressure and high-pressure turbines, were all recently updated as part of the 2030 extension, said Maureen Zawalick, chief risk officer at PG&E.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
At other campuses in Tennessee and Mississippi, Musk is relying on dozens of gas turbines to power data centers he says are necessary to train the artificial intelligence at the center of his business plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The original Colossus campus now receives grid power, estimated around 300 megawatts, and has almost 200 megawatts of turbines on site, according to satellite photos from May analyzed by Cleanview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“It was sponsored by a group of renewable energy companies, including the Fūjin Corporation, which makes turbines for wind energy.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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