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Quarter Of Chinese Wind Power Unplugged Due To Bad Planning

A good news, bad news story about wind power in China. The Chinese government's growing romance with wind remains significantly unrequited. Many of the recently erected wind turbines remain "unplugged." Either there's no grid connection nearby or grid... ...full story at TreeHugger

from TreeHugger on Sun, Jan 20 2008

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