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turbines

  • plural
    of turbine.
    turbine
    noun
    any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.

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“By modernizing and upgrading turbines, steam generators, and digital control systems at operating plants, uprates deliver substantial capacity gains without the multi-year timelines or interconnection bottlenecks associated with greenfield construction,” the blog post noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The factory, which will make components for off-shore wind turbines, is to be run by engineering firm Subsea Micropiles following a £5m investment.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Berwick project, set to be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, will see up to 307 turbines generating enough electricity to power up to six million homes.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Plus, a California startup uses 3-D printing to help make gas turbines and Amazon is boosting robotics output with an Indiana factory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Inside, a row of yellow turbines the size of grain silos churned and hummed.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan