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Windmill Efficiency

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Windmills must extract kinetic energy from the wind while still letting the wind past.

Conservation of mass and energy restrict the extent to which this is possible.

Ultimately, the ideal windmill reduces wind speed by 2/3rds to maximize efficiency.

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