wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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What to Know The project was set to bring offshore wind turbines to Staten Island, the city's only borough Trump won in the 2024 presidential race. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 The firm plans to mine the polymetallic nodules for valuable rare earth metals like cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which are used in solar panels, smartphones, wind turbines and batteries. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 In 2022, six companies agreed to pay a record-breaking $4.37 billion for the right to build wind turbines more than three miles off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, a major milestone for U.S. renewable energy efforts. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 Proposition 4, approved by voters in November, includes $475 million in state funding to expand ports to help build and deploy wind turbines. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wind turbine 

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wind turbine was in 1909

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“Wind turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20turbine. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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