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A study has revealed that a wind turbine's colour affects how many insects it attracts, shedding more light on why the turbines occasionally kill bats and birds.
Wind Turbines Would Save Wildlife If Painted Purple: Loughborough University Study The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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You could be working with an overestimate of the turbine's production and may end up with less energy than you expected.
Is Southold Holding up Wind Power at Shinn Estate Vineyards? 2009
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Some fun jet facts: The inferno inside a jet engine is hotter than the surface of the sun and would melt the turbine's blades if not for some very clever management of airflow.
Shrinking the World Daniel Michaels 2010
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A subsequent investigation by Alaska state authorities found that a ruptured hydraulic oil hose was jury-rigged in a position that chafed against the turbine's hot engine.
Extensive corrosion threatens BP pipelines in Alaska, risking explosions, spills Abrahm Lustgarten 2010
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A study has revealed that a wind turbine's colour affects how many insects it attracts, shedding more light on why the turbines occasionally kill bats and birds.
Wind Turbines Would Save Wildlife If Painted Purple: Loughborough University Study BBC 2010
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A subsequent investigation by Alaska state authorities found that a ruptured hydraulic oil hose was jury-rigged in a position that chafed against the turbine's hot engine.
Extensive corrosion threatens BP pipelines in Alaska, risking explosions, spills Abrahm Lustgarten 2010
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He touted the underwater turbine's success as "a huge milestone for America's ocean energy industry."
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A factory in Windsor builds blades, another in Pueblo manufactures towers, and a factory in Brighton assembles nacelles that hold the turbine's generator, transformer and gearbox.
Vestas Wind Systems Receives Order For 139 Turbines To Be Used East Of Denver 2010
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Since the second turbine's repair, some 12 megawatts of Kajaki's output are flowing to Kandahar, 6 megawatts to Lashkar G ah, and the remaining 15 megawatts to the districts of Sangin, Kajaki and Musa Qala where the Taliban control most of the territory, says Mr. Obaidi, the provincial electricity director.
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If it was a UFO, it made off with one of the turbine's 65-foot blades.
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