wind farm

noun

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

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Offshore wind developers and the attorneys general of Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the federal government in an effort to reverse a stop-work order on a nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 The move follows the imposition of new layers of bureaucratic scrutiny on wind farm permits, and the withdrawal of permits for at least one major offshore wind farm already under construction. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Sweden has only a handful of offshore wind farms, such as the Kårehamn array operated by German utility RWE and commissioned in 2013. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025 Hans van Leeuwen, the newspaper’s international economics editor, pointed out that the wind farm stop-work order has dramatically affected the Ørsted's market value, and that Denmark might end up owning half of the company through its underwriting of a new financing round. Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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