wind farm

noun

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

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Abel focused his answer on MidAmerican’s Iowa operations, explaining how the utility decided in the early 2000s to meet the state’s energy needs by building a coal plant, a gas plant and what was then the nation’s largest wind farm. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025 That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025 Some ostensible environmental regulations are also holding back new clean energy deployment, and in some cases, the red tape is being cynically weaponized against projects like offshore wind farms. Umair Irfan, Vox, 22 Apr. 2025 Trump administration halts construction on major New York wind project On Wednesday, the Trump administration ordered a stop to construction on the Empire Wind project, a major offshore wind farm meant to power more than 500,000 homes in New York. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 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 16 May. 2025.

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