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Lightning at a US wind farm. Lightning storms are a natural hazard for turbines. — Lightning at a US wind farm. Lightning storms are a natural hazard for turbines.Foto: DARIN EPPERLY/AP/Press Association Images/NTB scanpix

Andrew Lee

Published 20 October 2020, 16:40Updated 21 October 2020, 05:34

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