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The Tech That Could Fix One Of Wind Power's Biggest Problems

Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of the green energy story. He found a start-up called Icewind that is building a new type of funky wind turbine designed to perform well in low-wind conditions, but also to slow itself down in high-winds, preventing it from catching on fire or ripping apart.

Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of the green energy story. He found a start-up called Icewind that is building a new type of funky wind turbine designed to perform well in low-wind conditions, but also to slow itself down in high-winds, preventing it from catching on fire or ripping apart.

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