http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/09/17/windmill-net-energy-is-very-good en-us 40 Max Dunn's Blog <p>Here is a study that looked at Energy Return on Invested (EROI) of windmills and found they returned over 20 times the energy use to make them, which is favorable with fossil fuels, nuclear and solar power.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&#38;_imagekey=B6V4S-4VPCVFH-1-1&#38;_cdi=5766&#38;_user=10&#38;_orig=browse&#38;_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2010&#38;_sk=999649998&#38;view=c&#38;wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkWb&#38;md5=9d93bf98d8d5c90f592bcaca663f58aa&#38;ie=/sdarticle.pdf">Meta-analysis of net energy return for wind power systems</a><br /><br /><img width="426" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" align="baseline" src="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/EROI%20vs%20Power%20Rating.png" /><br /></p> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:26:00 -0700 urn:uuid:cc04a015-5ea8-4777-b764-3e25c6cff796 Max Dunn http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/09/17/windmill-net-energy-is-very-good Sustainable Energy