Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-178.222.143.214-20130411235319/@comment-29320607-20160727122856

OP Probably placed them too close together. 192 Wind Mills in such close proximity to one another would barely generate energy.

I for one found these Wind Mills extremely useful early-game. One just has to make certain they get their obstruction-free space. The only blocks that were anywhere close to the wind mills was the cable exporting the generated power. I used Glass Fibre since I had enough silver (read: too much).

The most notable times when they were useful were during the night, and during rain/thunderstorm, since at the time my base was running off some LV solar arrays. Stored power decreased a lot slower at night and during cloud cover.

10/10 would build again (hell.. I never took them down)

Though I wouldn't make this my main power generator. Ever. It's perfect as backup though.