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Wind energy for homeowners

Business, Economics and Jobs

A small company in Nevada is testing the efficiency of their vertical turbines, and the clean-energy windmills may soon be on the market for homeowners.

Windmill Powered School

Turbine Trash

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Floating Windmills/Emerging Science Note

A Windmill for Your Pocket

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Sleek and Cheap

An inexpensive, efficient vertical turbine may soon be coming to a backyard near you.

Catching the Wind, Part One

Wind has the power to generate both electricity and controversy. Advocates say modern wind turbines provide unlimited, pollution-free power. But critics complain the huge machines scar the landscape and pose a menace to wildlife. On our program this week we explore the advancements in the technology and the debate over wind power. Our story begins […]

Catching the Wind, Part One

Wind has the power to generate both electricity and controversy. Advocates say modern wind turbines provide unlimited, pollution-free power. But critics complain the huge machines scar the landscape and pose a menace to wildlife. On our program this week we explore the advancements in the technology and the debate over wind power. Our story begins […]

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A windmill that saves a village

Environment

In 2002, teenaged William Kamkwamba had a vision in the very poor African nation of Malawi: a little bicycle generator that powers a light, if connected to a windmill, could allow him to read his schoolbooks at night. On The Takeaway.

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Windpower from Scratch

Lifestyle & Belief

After dropping out of school as a teenager because of poverty and drought William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of discarded materials in his village. Kamkwamba tells anchor Marco Werman how the windmill brought electricity to his tiny village in Malawi.