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Huge, hurricane-resistant wind turbines could be coming to an ocean near you
2016-01-30 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When it comes to big wind power projects, were starting to throw caution to - well, the wind. Sandia National Laboratories - with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy - is setting out to create towering offshore wind turbines with blades 650 feet long. That`s two and a half times the length of any that exist today, according to Sandia`s announcement. For a sense of scale, 650 feet is roughly the length of two American football fields, seven blue whales, or $3,250 in $5 Footlongs. Thankfully,...
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