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US Energy Dept. Shows Love For Teeny Tiny Micro Wind Turbines

Clean Technica: Wind turbines have been steadily growing taller and sweeping more sky in the quest for high megawatts, and today’s wind power market is dominated by large centralized wind farms. However, the US Energy Department still sees a place for micro wind turbines and distributed wind energy in the nation’s grid. The latest round of funding for distributed wind R&D is a $1.49 million pot, and it’s aimed at the smaller end of the capacity scale.

How small? Depending on who’s doing the defining, the capacity-based definition of “micro” wind turbine can range up to one megawatt. The latest round of funding will go to six projects involving capacities down in the tens-of-kilowatts range.

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