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Wind Power Woes: Why Less Wind? Zappi Explains a Big Deal!

Imagine blowing out birthday candles, but someone PAYS you to stop! That's kinda what happened with wind farms!

Hey Zapplings! Zappi here with some news about our planet's energy. You know how wind turbines are like giant pinwheels that make electricity from the wind? They're super cool because they don't make pollution, unlike burning stuff like coal or gas.

Well, a big energy company called RWE had plans to build three HUGE wind farms out in the ocean. Think of them like super-powered underwater cities that catch wind! These would have made lots of clean energy.

But here's the twist: a very important person, Donald Trump, made a deal with RWE. He said, "Hey, we'll give you a lot of money (over a billion dollars!) if you DON'T build those wind farms and instead focus on making energy from something called LNG (that's Natural Gas)."

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Based on reporting by CleanTechnica.