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From various texts, the theoretical maximum power transfer from wind to
electrical power is cubic in wind speed
and also depends on the area swept
by the rotors.
The cubic part comes from the KE which is of course
quadratic in speed but with the added linear factor of wind mass.
.... http://www.clemson.edu/scies/wind/Poster-Schmidt.pdf
Slide 11 above shows some typical power curves
--many others can be found on-line.