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Too windy for windmills?
It was so windy in Saskatchewan Tuesday, sometimes even the wind generators couldn’t keep up.
SaskPower has 116 giant, three-bladed wind turbines around Swift Current in the southwest that are designed to handle winds up to 95 kilometres per hour.
However, some of the powerful gusts that swept through Saskatchewan throughout the day were stronger than that.
The turbines couldn’t handle the strongest gusts, SaskPower spokesman Larry Christie said.
“The performance was up and down,” he said. “At times, …
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