wind farm

noun

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

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It was specially designed to transport and install XXL monopile foundations for advanced offshore wind farms. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 Other places building offshore wind farms are the Netherlands, Taiwan, Denmark, Belgium, France, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Sweden, United States, Norway, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. ABC News, 14 May 2026 Limiting the supply of homegrown energy will increase energy costs for Americans, especially in the regions where the wind farms were supposed to be located – New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and California. Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026 Italian actress and Bond Girl Caterina Murino met with Sardinia’s president to ask her to reject wind farms. IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1973

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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