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Wind Turbines Placement and Weather Control

December 17, 2014

Currently wind turbines contribute four percent of the world’s energy needs. To the right is a wind map of the continental United States. There is certainly no shortage of wind here or anywhere else in the world. In the pink area along the southern Gulf Coast is a vulnerable area that is subject to high hurricane force…

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Wind Power: Renewable Energy Facts

December 12, 2014

Wind Turbines

Wind power is currently the fastest-growing source of electricity production in the world with about a quarter of a million wind turbines operating around the globe in over 90 countries. We now have an output of 336 GW (June 2014), with wind energy production at 4% of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly; this has prevented 518…

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