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How Giant Concrete Balls Could Make Wind Power More Efficient

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Great balls of power! Wind power is pretty great: One doesn’t need to do much but build turbines and capture the energy from a passing breeze. But, like what happened to the Ancient Mariner, still air means trouble. Intermittent energy is not useful for a grid that requires a continuous...