Wind turbines sway on purpose so they don't snap in half

wind turbine sway inside — Paul Anderson / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Have you ever seen a wind turbine sway before? When I was little and I saw them moving back and forth in the wind, I would worry that the turbine was about to snap. Wind turbines actually sway to prevent this very thing from happening. — Read the rest

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