10 World-Changing Inventions from Government Funding

March 7, 2013

Wind Energy

Today’s wind farms use gas turbine engines that were originally developed by DARPA in the 1980s and ‘90s to improve the speed and distance of military jets. Today, the U.S. produces 6 percent of its electrical energy through wind power.

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