wind farm

noun

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

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Compared to conventional onshore wind farms, high-altitude kite systems can save up to 95 percent of land area, reduce steel use by 90 percent, and lower the cost of electricity generation by about 30 percent. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025 New wind farms won’t just pop up overnight. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025 Solar panels and wind farms will never provide the amount of reliable power the world needs. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Gunvor and peers Vitol and Trafigura have used those profits to acquire assets ranging from refineries and oil fields to power plants and wind farms. CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1973

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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