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One might expect the turbines of a wind farm to be heavily hit by the very winds they are designed to stand up in, but the initial reports in Texas have at least one farm surviving and back online faster than the power transmission system can handle.<\/p>\n


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\nIn Big Test of Wind Farm Durability, Texas Facility Quickly Restarts After Harvey<\/a><\/span>
\nFor the first time in the history of the burgeoning U.S. wind industry, a wind farm got hit by a hurricane\u2014and it was back producing power within days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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One might expect the turbines of a wind farm to be heavily hit by the very winds they are designed to stand up in, but the initial reports in Texas have at least one farm surviving and back online faster than the power transmission system can handle. 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