A generation ago the poet-singer Bob Dylan wrote in one of his lyrics that "the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, the answer is blowin' in the wind." He wasn't singing about the electric power industry (thankfully), yet he may have been more right than he knew when it comes to how we generate electricity for a growing world. Wind is a powerful force of nature. Since ancient times mankind has sought to harness the wind in various ways, from sailing ships carrying people and goods across the seas, to windmills providing energy for grinding grain into flour, or pumping water for crop...
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