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Her Majesty's Big, Honkin' Windmill - Fortune - 22 Sep 08

"It's a 7.5-megawatt monster to be built by Clipper Windpower of Carpinteria, Calif. Now the Royal Turbine is getting even bigger: Clipper has revealed to Fortune that Her Majesty's windmill has been supersized to ten megawatts, producing five times the power generated by typical big turbines currently in commercial operation.

The giant's wingspan stretches the length of two soccer fields. At 574 feet [175 meters], the turbine soars over Big Ben and roughly equals 111 Queen Elizabeths (the actual queen) plus one corgi stacked on top of one another."

Queen Elizabeth's Green Bodyguards - Monsters and Critics - 18 Aug 08

"A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: 'Wherever possible the grounds are being patrolled by officers on black mountain bikes. They are delighted - they're slashing the fuel bill and getting a good workout as well.'

Bodyguards continually roam around the 50,000 acre estate - where the queen traditionally spends her summer - to ensure no intruders break in. This is not the first time officials have tried to make the estate a more environmentally zone. The boiler in the main castle runs on wood chips instead of oil and Prince Charles has reportedly experimented with using energy from water from the River Dee to help cut electricity costs."