wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

Examples of wind turbine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With the exception of wind turbines, these are not rotating machines. Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024 China produces 80 percent of the world’s solar panels — compared with the United States’ 2 percent — and makes about two-thirds of the world’s electric vehicles, wind turbines and lithium-ion batteries. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024 Share [Findings] Onshore wind turbines severely deter German bats from foraging. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024 Much of the growth in wind turbines in the US has been on farmland in the Midwest, Great Plains states and Texas. Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Lastly, the researchers are using two test bench methods—one for analyzing wind turbine subsystems and the other for analyzing individual components. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024 This is welcome news for the sustainable energy community, where many wind turbine projects are still searching for a path to economic viability. Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024 But sometimes, the big utility companies making money on fossil fuels are the same ones seeking to build solar farms or wind turbines. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024

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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 24 Apr. 2024.

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