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Misconception RGM006:

Energy only degrades when it is not conserved (Pinto, et al., 2005). In other words, energy does not degrade in systems where energy cannot enter or leave.

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RG127002

In a windmill, 100% of the kinetic energy from the wind cannot be converted into electrical energy because a small amount of energy will always be converted into thermal energy and transferred to the environment, during each transfer and transformation of energy.

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