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Effectively manage wind onto the grid. >> worldwide, there are now more than 200,000 turbines. the future is to take wind energy to new heights. imagine if we could untether the turbine and send it up into the air where it could then adjust its location and catch the strongest winds. in boston, they are preparing one such structure called the bat. >> going up to 8,000 feet you have typically around eight times as much power available in those winds than closer to the ground. >> they hope to launch the first bat in alaska in 2015. targeting remote areas where energy is elusive and expensive. >>...
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