Schools of fish have shown engineers how to squeeze much more power from wind farms. A new wind farm design mimics a school of fish to exploit wind turbulence, and could dramatically improve power output. Familiar propeller-style wind turbines with large sweeping blades have almost reached their limit of efficiency.
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