Claim: Wind turbines can never generate as much energy as the energy invested in building them.
Fact-check: Overblown: Wind turbines don't take more energy to build than they will ever produce - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect—this is based on a selective quotation. it could, in theory, be the case for turbines placed in poor locations. but studies show turbines pay their energy cost back quickly.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-02-27T00:00:00