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Why wind turbines slow down in strong winds
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You would assume a violently spinning wind turbine is generating peak power, but they actually have to hit the brakes during major storms. If they spin too fast, the extreme centrifugal forces will literally tear the blades completely apart. They are engineering marvels explicitly designed to harvest heavy winds, yet they actively hide from actual hurricanes.
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