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2/3/2009 4:00 PM 

Feb 2, New York New York state officials are using a small wind turbine atop Albany's tallest building to test a big renewable-energy idea. The turbine stands 17 feet above the roof of the 41-story Corning Tower. Its 7-foot diameter blades can produce up to 1.5 kilowatts of electricity when spinning at full capacity. But the idea isn't to use the turbine to offset the tower's energy use. Instead, workers will use it to test the feasibility of larger urban wind-energy programs...more

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