wind power
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wind power
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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With the help of battery storage, solar and wind power account for 22% of China’s electricity supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
This is more than four times as expensive as solar and wind power.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Despite Trump’s approach, red states have continued to expand their wind power, such as Texas, which now leads the nation in the development of wind and solar power as well as battery storage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Crucially, the project also includes a 550-mile high-voltage direct-current transmission line that delivers wind power from New Mexico to the Palo Verde substation in Arizona, where it then feeds into Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
As of 1492, all of those operations to which animal, water, and wind power were being applied in Eurasia were still being carried out by human muscle power in the Americas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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