Robed in layers of Under Armour and wool, plus masks, liners, and hand-warmers, I welcome snow blowing horizontally and the single-digit wind-chill factor.

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The wind is certainly a factor out there.

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The most rigorous estimate suggests that the average annual load factor of the UK wind power system is about 27%.

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Even as the sun came out Friday afternoon, the wind continued and was especially a factor on the 18th, playing dead into the breeze.

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The spokeswoman added that wind direction was "a valid contributing factor" to noise.

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Computer models will factor in currents, weather and wind to create search patterns to focus searchers' efforts, he said.

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Wind was believed to have been a major factor in the accident.

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In addition to making wind-turbines compatible with multiple categories of wind, FloDesign turbines will increase energy yields by a factor of three or more.

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The third major factor driving the fall in emissions was the rise in renewable energy consumption, led by wind and hydropower.

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The other factor, as I've written before, is that Scotland can only sell its wind and marine power, for all those subsidies from customers in foreign countries, if those technologies remain competitive.

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Akris's wind- and water-resistant textiles often emerge wrinkle-free from suitcases, and thus are a big factor in the label's success in catering to female executives.

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