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Wind turbine blown over in Wales with more storms expected for UK
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A 300ft wind turbine has been blown over in a south Wales valley as the UK braces for more dangerous stormy weather and high winds later this week. Residents of the village of Gilfach Goch, near Bridgend, were woken a...
French couple wins legal fight over wind ‘turbine syndrome’
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A French court has recognised “turbine syndrome” after a couple complained their health was damaged by living near a windfarm. In what is believed to be the first judgment of its kind in France, Belgians Christel and ...
‘I sculpt the air’ – what does scent artist Anicka Yi have in store for Tate’s Turbine Hall?
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Anicka Yi offers me some beetroot crisps. These, along with carrot crisps, are her breakfast, both free of oil and salt. “I can’t eat greens, dairy, sugar, legumes, beans, nuts, seeds, nightshades, spice, alcohol – no...
Wind turbine clash adds to UK-EU post-Brexit tensions
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A new front has opened up in the post-Brexit tensions between Boris Johnson and the EU over Brussels’ concerns that the British wind turbine industry is being favoured for government contracts worth billions of pounds...
Flower power: how one company is beautifying the wind turbine
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Tulips and flowers could help harness the power of the wind, after a green energy company came up with its own spin on wind power in an “eco-art” design. Flower Turbines, based in the US and the Netherlands, has insta...