Japan's wind industry hails earthquake-resilient turbines

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Japanese Wind Power Association reveals wind farm owners have been asked to step up production to help cover energy shortages

Japan's wind turbines survived last week's earthquake and as a result utilities have now asked wind farm operators to boost power output to make up for energy shortages in the country, the leader of the...

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