wind farm

noun

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

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The plants are needed to store electricity generated by large solar and wind farms to release it back on the power grid at night when the sun isn’t shining, or the wind isn’t blowing. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025 Battery storage, which allows solar and wind farms to feed power into the electric grid even when the sun is down or the wind isn’t blowing, also increased significantly. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 However, wind farms are becoming increasingly important in diversifying the nation's energy portfolio and advancing the renewable transition, seen as key for averting future environmental crises. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025 The first wind farm serving Connecticut, Revolution Wind, is currently set to come online sometime in 2026, at a cost of roughly $1.5 billion. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2025.

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