Converse of object

• erect: People protesting against an application to erect four wind turbines on farmland near Trimdon Grange asked Sedgefield Boro Council to object to the scheme.

• install: A fire station in Hayes, west London, has become the first to install a turbine to harness wind power.

• mount: The turbines mounted above this height would produce even more electricity annually.

Adjective modifier

• kw: However, when the 100 kW turbine is second, both 30 kW induction couplers are used, starting in sequence.

• ducted: A novel ducted wind turbine has been developed by Strathclyde University.

• offshore: The energy recovery for an offshore turbine is expected to be higher due to higher energy outputs over a longer lifetime.

• onshore: Over an operating lifetime of 20 years, an onshore turbine is expected to recover over 80 times the input energy required.

• tidal: There are calls to combine tidal and wind power and install tidal stream turbines on the bases of offshore wind turbines.

• hydro: South West Water's new hydro turbine has been successfully commissioned at Littlehempston water treatment works to generate enormous amounts of environmentally friendly energy.

Modifies a noun

• blade: View from the crow's nest The turbine blade can be seen at the end of the walkway.

• rotor: Turbine rotor -- rotating portion of a turbine engine.

• combustor: The low pressure recirculation zone is shown Gas turbine combustor design requires consideration of many, often contradictory, objectives.

• inlet: Actually, the temperature at the turbine inlet is the important consideration.

• steamer: In the 135 years between 1812 and 1947 there were 11 Clyde turbine steamers and several hundred paddlers.

• generator: Most blackouts are caused by the failures of turbine generators.

Noun used with modifier

• wind: Wind farm A group of wind turbines located in areas exposed to wind.

• steam: Wind turbines, hydro power, aircraft engines, steam turbines all provide possible designs.

• gas: Whether a gas turbine is quieter than a diesel engine, I do not know.

• micro-wind: The Minister will be switching on the first micro-wind turbines on the roof of the 13-storey CIS building in Portland Street.

• megawatt: The two megawatt wind turbines envisaged would be similar in size to those on Burgar Hill, Evie.