wind farm
nounDefinition of wind farm
: an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines for driving electrical generators
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New Jersey last month selected Orsted to build a 1,100-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. — Ivan Penn, New York Times, "New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions," 18 July 2019 By relying on a nearby hydroelectric dam, wind farm, or nuclear plant instead of coal or natural gas, data centers could dramatically cut their carbon footprint. — Mary Beth Griggs, The Verge, "Facebook’s Libra won’t be as power-hungry as Bitcoin," 20 June 2019 In and around the wind farm, lizard populations exploded, completely unchecked by predation. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Turbines Kill So Many Birds They're Effectively an Apex Predator," 6 Nov. 2018 French energy company Engie debuted its new wind farm south of the border in Mexico. — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, "French energy company Engie debuts new wind farm south of Brownsville," 22 Aug. 2019 Monday's price spike also underscores how dependent the region's power grid has become on wind farms, which now make up about a quarter of the generation capacity in Texas. — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, "Searing heat sends Texas electricity prices to scorching $6,500 a megawatt hour," 12 Aug. 2019 Xcel Energy bought its first wind farm in the state in 2008. — The Economist, "Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?," 25 July 2019 But on her Weekend Escape, she was fascinated by the wind farm. — Catharine Hamm, latimes.com, "Escapes: Think summer, think savings in five places in the West," 27 June 2019 In the area of the wind farm, raptors were around four times less common than in other areas. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Turbines Kill So Many Birds They're Effectively an Apex Predator," 6 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wind farm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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