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  • By using a conventional steam-turbine generator, electricity is produced.

    Solar Plant to Generate Power After Sundown Rebecca Smith 2010

  • The majority of the cost is the steam-turbine machinery needed to convert the heat into electricity.

    Miniature nuclear reactors might be a safe, efficient source of power 2010

  • The majority of the cost is the steam-turbine machinery needed to convert the heat into electricity.

    Miniature nuclear reactors might be a safe, efficient source of power 2010

  • She first came to Fitchburg as a consultant, hired to help redevelop the site of a General Electric steam-turbine plant that had closed on the edge of downtown.

    Economic angst tops issues in Mass. town 2008

  • It must be assumed that The Chinese submarine was at some stage in a position to fire torpedoes or other armaments at the USS Kitty Hawk, an 84000, steam-turbine driven aircraft carrier that is now the oldest on the US Navy inventory.

    Archive 2007-11-11 2007

  • It must be assumed that The Chinese submarine was at some stage in a position to fire torpedoes or other armaments at the USS Kitty Hawk, an 84000, steam-turbine driven aircraft carrier that is now the oldest on the US Navy inventory.

    Timely Reminder of Need To Take Stock of Our Defences 2007

  • The sector is experiencing a shortage of steam turbines, but General Electric Co. said it is investing about $50 million to increase capacity at its steam-turbine unit.

    Power Plays Yuliya Chernova 2008

  • Dongfang Electric slumped 14% in Hong Kong, after the Chinese power generator said the earthquake in Sichuan province had "seriously damaged" steam-turbine production facilities.

    Shell, Total Drive Gains in Europe; Australia Rises 2008

  • Made up of sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, and water molecules from both diesel-powered and steam-turbine powered ships, these long-lived clouds, according to some studies, help to intensify the greenhouse effect, like International Bunker Fuels, by locking in place the CO2 in the earth's atmosphere.

    Barry Sanders: The Green Zone: The Military's Addiction To Oil 2008

  • The Americans being steam-turbine ships, had from two to four blast funnels each; the Germans lay lower in the water, having explosive engines, which now for some reason made an unwonted mu tering roar.

    The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

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