nacelle

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Vestas currently operates two factories in Poland, an onshore blade plant that it recently acquired, and an offshore nacelle assembly facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

On Monday, a barge carrying three blades and a nacelle for the third turbine left port.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The nacelle capacity is expected to reach 100 per year, enough for 50 planes, the reports said, though no target date was stated.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2021

Enclosed in the nacelle would be a gearbox, generator and the other parts needed to convert rotation into electricity.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2015

They found the alley-way thick with smoke, for on the well-known principle that "the wind follows the ship" the draught was carrying the fumes within the nacelle in a forward direction.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)