An accessory device designed to be worn on a leg or arm could greatly benefit from this sort of power generation, and could lengthen the amount of time between charging.

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The former requires a greater amount of water for power generation while the latter still needs water but for washing solar panels periodically.

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The biggest is probably the large amount of coal to gas switching occurring in the power generation industry.

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At the same time, it can minimize the amount of virgin land and habitat that would otherwise be needed for power generation.

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If the wind intensifies very quickly, the amount of power generated by the wind turbines increases rapidly, injecting excess power into the generation system.

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