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Going green the windy way [1]

Buildings are experimenting with alternative energy with small wind turbines on rooftops

In the last few weeks, the city has had a respite from its daily burden of two-hour power cuts — wind energy has helped reduce load shedding to one hour a day. Thanks to the huge wind turbines that dot the State's southern coast, much-needed power is supplied to grids. Of late, some buildings in the city have begun to take their own measures to go green. Small wind turbines have cropped up on several rooftops.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2012
K. Lakshmi [2], Deepa H. Ramakrishnan [3]
Hindu (Chennai) [4]
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Chennai (T) [5], Wind Energy [6], Solar Energy [7], Water Harvesting [8], Hybrid Electric [9], Subsidies [10], Power Industry [11], Karnataka [12], Maharashtra [13], Gujarat [14], Renewable Energy [15], Energy [16]
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