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Beijing looks to wind up the Olympics

The city of Beijing is building a wind farm, and state officials say it will be ready in time for the 2008 Olympic Games.

The project calls for the construction of 33 windmills at a cost of more than $75 million.

The goal is to have 20 percent of the Olympic venues powered by renewable energy, and to build awareness for the need for sources of renewable energy.

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  1. Blogger Emily | July 24, 2007 at 11:44 PM |  

    There's a story about Beijing's preparations for the Olympics in this month's Wired. It seems to be a big issue, and they're talking about basically shutting the whole city down (if they can't get the air clean enough) for a period of time before and during the Olympics.

    Some athletes are even planning to stay outside of Beijing and do their final training there, and then only go in to Beijing at the last minute to avoid the damaging effects of pollution. Can you imagine athletes competing in masks? (That's what the US Olympic Committee is recommending.)