wind farm

noun

: an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines for driving electrical generators

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Solar projects and wind farms, by contrast, are likely to be finished ahead of schedule and under budget. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 The Baltic Sea has relatively narrow waterways, where international maritime boundaries extend 12 miles from the coast, and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) incorporate valuable fishing grounds or offshore wind farms. David Mac Dougall, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025 To deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy to industries, nations, and communities, offshore wind farms, floating solar parks, and kinetic energy harvested from waves, currents, and tides must form a major part of the solution. Sturla Henriksen, Time, 5 June 2025 And in an unprecedented move, the President on April 16 froze work on one offshore wind farm that was already being built off of New York’s coast, before withdrawing the order last week. IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1980

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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