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Renewable energy: Beijing's windy bet

After spurning wind power, China has swung around and embraced this clean energy. But the nation's love affair with wind may be spinning out of control, finds David Cyranoski.

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Cyranoski, D. Renewable energy: Beijing's windy bet. Nature 457, 372–374 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457372a

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