wind farm

noun

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

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How Big Batteries Got so Big Back in 2011, one of my first reporting assignments was heading to a wind farm in West Virginia to attend the inauguration of what was at the time the world’s largest battery energy storage system. Umair Irfan, Wired News, 26 Apr. 2025 Building a new wind farm now costs 45% less than operating a coal plant with the same capacity, according to the investment firm Lazard. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 Shutting down wind farms simply because of their technology runs counter to the president’s goal of becoming energy-dominant and energy-independent. David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025 Imagine an oil rig that detects safety threats in real time, a factory that predicts downtime at a fraction of the cost, or a wind farm that maximizes output across every turbine. Amir Husain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 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 30 Apr. 2025.

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