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Bill Gates Vs. Donald Trump: President Says 'No Windmills' — But This Billionaire Has Other Plans

Billionaire Bill Gates has backed several clean energy companies with his Breakthrough Energy Ventures and one of those companies could have a way to change wind energy forever.

While Airloom Energy could disrupt the wind energy sector, it also faces a tough industry that may experience slower growth as President Donald Trump fights against it.

What Happened: Airloom, which is backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, recently broke ground on a rectangular wind turbine pilot site in Wyoming.

The company's Rock River, Wyoming site is part of its new utility-scale turbine that seeks to be more efficient, cheaper and faster to install than existing three-blade wind turbines, as reported by Electrek.  

"Current energy technologies can't meet the growing complexity and demand of the next decade," Airloom CEO Neal Rickner said. "We need more flexible systems that can be built fast and at scale. That's the only way we'll get to real energy security and independence."

Built with small, mass-produced parts that are made in America, Airloom's turbines are cheaper to ship and easier to install. The company said its turbines can be up and running in under a year, versus other wind turbine projects that can take five ...