Simple, cheap, clean, and effective are pretty much the best metrics to optimize technology for. "New" is not a desirable attribute in a technology. Though I w

Simple, cheap, clean, and effective are pretty much the best metrics to optimize technology for. "New" is not a desirable attribute in a technology. Though I would argue that current wind is extremely new, in the advanced manufacturing methods for such massive structures, in the design of blades and placement on wind farms. And for flaring offshore wind, the engineering is truly impressive. Thinking that modern wind turbines are centuries old tech is like thinking that nuclear power is centuries old tech because it boils water to generate mechanical force. But again, "new" is not the desirable property, it's only a means to other better attributes.