turbine
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"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The design work in Port Talbot is the first stage in creating the infrastructure needed to handle, assemble and launch giant floating turbine platforms.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
"In the beginning, it was a shipyard. We built a good dozen ships a year. Now we build dozens of wind turbine towers. It's quite different," she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
These produce renewable electricity by harnessing the energy of flowing water with a turbine, pump, or waterwheel.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
The three skeletal warriors who’d been chasing me in the turbine room now appeared on the stairs.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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