wind farm

noun

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

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Trump halted approvals for new wind farms and told federal authorities to end subsidies for electric cars, while new Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a review of fuel economy standards the Biden administration had issued to promote electric cars and combat climate change. Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025 That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Magic Valley Energy has also proposed a wind farm on federal land southwest of Twin Falls. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2025 This resistance may ease when the full cost of electricity from solar or wind farms—including transmission lines and battery storage—decreases, or when EVs finally become affordable for less affluent consumers, but significant progress is still needed. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 19 Jan. 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 13 Mar. 2025.

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