And nuclear is just way cooler than those endless fields of solar for a megabase.
Wind turbines are really inefficient in resources and space compared to their power output.
5000 Wind turbines produce 100000kw
112 Steam engines produce 100800kw
Wind (16 iron plate, 3 Copper plates) = 80000 iron plates 15000 copper plates
Steam (23 iron plates/per engine) = 2576 iron plates
+ (5stone,4iron plates/ per boiler) = 280 stone 224 iron plates
But you can decide if you want to use them or not, I don't really understand people complaining about a such a thing. If you feel that it is unbalanced to have 5k wind turbines, then just don't build them. Nobody is forcing anyone to do it.