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Current wind farm technology has hit the proverbial wall with efficiency of the current turbine design almost maxed out.  They have to be spaced apart to avoid turbulence from other turbines and this cuts down on the number of turbines in a given area.  Today’s tech puts out an average 2 watts per square meter (on productive sites) of farm land.  At that rate, even an efficient LED fixture for your reef would require a significant chunk of land.  The old propeller style units have their setbacks but a research team from Caltech has turned to schooling fish to help push wind energy to the next level.… More: