wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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Elimination of existing federal programs enacted under Biden would only put the U.S. even farther behind China, which manufactures more than half of the world’s batteries, solar panels and wind turbines, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 As more places in the U.S. started building more renewable energy, experts found that a decarbonized grid running purely on solar panels and wind turbines might be impossible, or prohibitively expensive. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024 Their flagship yacht, the Eric, is the first hybrid energy tour boat in the islands with 40 solar panels and two wind turbines helping to make Ecoventura the first carbon neutral operation in the Galapagos. Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024 The renewable energy transition – intended to stave off the worst of global climate change – is causing a precipitous rise in the demand for lithium, copper, nickel and the other metallic ingredients of solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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