wind farm

noun

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

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That means solar facilities, wind farms, batteries and even residential devices can be aggregated, synchronized and aligned with the reliability needs of the overall grid. Alvaro Rozo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Chris Wright castigated European energy generated from wind farms as too costly. Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025 Wind engineering firm Siemens Gamesa will supply 35 of its 14-megawatt wind turbine units to a Taiwanese offshore wind farm, helping deliver clean electricity to approximately 500,000 homes. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025 The offshore wind farms under construction are Revolution Wind off Rhode Island; Vineyard Wind 1 off Massachusetts; Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind; Sunrise Wind off New York; and Empire Wind also off New York. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

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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 21 Sep. 2025.

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