This is a lot... from first link I get the betz law part. Basically caps the energy you can hope to extract. Cool.

The second link is taking me down a whole bunch of calculations. I was following along loosely but it's too much for this midwit. Could you show mercy and hit us with the punchline?

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the more blades the less efficient

physics behind wind turbines is obviously anything but trivial

there are strong forces, streams and vibrations, some of which counteract or reinforce each other. If the material of the system components is taken into account, it becomes even more complicated