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Neat News 2020-65 (added 2020-03-05)

Longer blades for wind turbines

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© Hans Hillewaert [CC BY 4.0]

The average area used by a single turbine has doubled in the last decade by making the blades 20 percent longer. This way a turbine can capture much more wind with the same height, almost halving the cost of its electricity production.

News seen at: Scientific American - Energy

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