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Aging wind turbines are a massive clean energy opportunity (www.anthropocenemagazine.org)

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Replacing the turbines on existing wind farms with newer, more powerful and efficient models could double the amount of electricity produced by onshore wind energy in the United States – without increasing its footprint.

The paper is here

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Every healthy society needs a robust guillotine maintenance and repair workforce.

Wind turbines could be enhanced with razor sharp leading edges on their blades. It may increase their generation efficiency, but would definitely help remove the biggest environmental polluters, the morbidly wealthy.