wind farm

noun

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

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Wolf said this can be done without committing to new wind farms. Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Instead, projects such as solar panels and wind farms would need to begin construction this year in order to receive the full credit amount. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 June 2025 Anschutz’s 3,550-megawatt wind farm remained under construction, as did a long-distance power line capable of transmitting the electricity to California. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Work on Empire Wind, the wind farm being built 15 to 30 miles south of the coast of Long Island, can resume now that the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has lifted a stop-work order, according to Equinor, the Norweigian energy company developing the site. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 May 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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