German company TimberTower celebrated the installation of the world's first wooden wind turbine tower in Hanover, and for the annual Glow Festival, Eindhoven unveiled an impressive glowing dome made from 30, 000 LEDs.

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The manufacturer of a wind turbine which collapsed on a Devon farm has blamed the tower's fixings for failing.

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The tallest part of the tower block is side-on to the river, along which the prevailing wind blows.

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Solar Wind Energy (which used to be called Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc.) is negotiating for a lease from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a 1, 700-acre parcel of flat, empty desert on the Mexican border, right next to an Air Force bombing range.

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Before, during and after the performance, musicians play a variety of traditional melodies on a wind instrument known as a gralla, setting the rhythm to which the tower is built.

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