wind farm

noun

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

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In 2019, Gap Inc. announced a virtual power purchase agreement with Enel Green Power, a division of Enel Group, to purchase the electricity equivalent of a 90 MW portion of its Aurora wind farm each year. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Mar. 2025 And developers of a separate offshore wind farm that’s set to supply power in Rhode Island and Massachusetts said their project could face a four-year delay caused by Trump’s actions. Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 The blades came from energy company Acciona's wind farm in the town of Waubra, Victoria. New Atlas, 8 Mar. 2025 What to Know The Lava Ridge Wind Project would have been a 104,000-acre wind farm in Lava Ridge, Idaho, with over 271 turbines planned by developers Magic Valley Energy. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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