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Each tower pays the landowner 6 to 10 thousand dollars a year, depending on how the wind blows.
NPR: New York Towns Hope Wind Power Will Save Economy
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The tallest part of the tower block is side-on to the river, along which the prevailing wind blows.
BBC: Wind death in Leeds prompts tower safety fears
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"You run through a field and the paraglider wing catches the wind, it fills with air, blows you off the ground, you switch on the motor and off you go, you're flying, " he said.
CNN: Flying 'Parajet' takes off
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The researchers modeled their study on the electric grid in Illinois, which depends on a large number of coal and gas plants, and where the wind blows strongest at night, when demand is lowest.
FORBES: Wind Power May Not Reduce Carbon Emissions As Expected: Argonne
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Because the wind blows inconsistently, power companies would have to turn fossil-fuel plants on when windmills fall still.
FORBES: Wind Power May Not Reduce Carbon Emissions As Expected: Argonne