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Windstalks: An Alternative to Windmills
May 1, 2012 | Discovery News

Instead of a windmill turning in the wind imagine a field of “stalks” that sway back and forth generating electricity. That’s the concept proposed for a new wind farm near Abu Dhabi.


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