wind farm

noun

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

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The memorandum temporarily prevents the consideration of wind farm leases in areas on the US outer continental shelf—parts of the ocean floor that lie beyond state coastal waters. Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025 View 3 Images New York City will soon be getting its own personal offshore wind farm. New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025 To determine how many endangered bats a wind farm kills, for example, the developer will hire consultants to go out to a subset of turbines and search the ground for dead animals, Shuey said. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024 With this new partnership, Google can bypass that problem by connecting directly to solar and wind farms and batteries for renewable energy. Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024 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 24 Jan. 2025.

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