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Flying wind farms

News of 04-04-2007

If it ever seems windy where you live, be thankful you do not live 10km up in the air. At that height, the jet-stream winds blow stronger and more constantly than ground level winds, carrying up to a hundred times more energy.

From The Economist

The 5 previous news

• Affordable urban micro wind power? (03-04-2007)
• U.S. wind industry growing, equipment supply stretched thin (02-04-2007)
• Putting together the wind energy puzzle (01-04-2007)
• U.S. wind power project using Danish turbines starts this summer (31-03-2007)
• Some welcome wind farm progress (30-03-2007)

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