The potential for wind power generation is vast – according to one estimate by the World Energy Council (WEC) (pdf), covering 1% of the planet's land mass with wind turbines would create the energy equivalent to all the plants generating electricity in the world today.
Audi, the dominant force in endurance racing for the past decade and twice WEC world champions, had a very rare, terrible day at the office, with both their R18 e-tron quattros having to retire after driver errors.
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The UFC disbanded the WFA, acquiring top WFA fighters such as Quinton ("Rampage") Jackson, but continued to operate the WEC as a distinct entity until 2010.
In 2006 the UFC moved to capitalize on the sport's growing popularity by buying other MMA organizations, including the World Fighting Alliance (WFA) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC).
The Shanghai stop was the final round of the WEC circuit in 2012.
All four manufacturers will enter two cars each for the WEC, and Nissan, Audi and Porsche will enter three per team at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The TS030, which finished last year's WEC in such dominant form with three wins from the final four races, has in its 2013 iteration yet to be able to match the Audi for straightforward grunt, its petrol-hybrid engine giving up as much as 80bhp to the R18s diesel-hybrid unit.
Toyota entered the World Endurance Championship (WEC), of which Le Mans is the blue riband event, in 2012.
The less-restrictive technical regulations in the WEC allow more innovation in design than in F1 and it shows in the performance improvements in this year's prototypes both in the race and qualifying.
Audi chose to run both their season-long WEC entry cars in the low-downforce Le Mans spec in preparation and it worked.
