windfarm

Or wind farm

[wind-fahrm]

noun

Energy.

1. a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds. wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of windfarm¹

First recorded in 1975–80; wind ¹ + farm

Example Sentences

Ministers had been inspired by similar state-backed firms such as Sweden's Vattenfall, which owns Wales' largest onshore windfarm - Pen-y-Cymoedd.

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For example, the government is reportedly weighing up proposals for a Chinese company to supply wind turbines for an offshore windfarm in the North Sea.

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In a significant blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, the Danish energy company Orsted has cancelled plans for a huge windfarm off the coast of Yorkshire.

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They say the potential impacts of Berwick Bank are becoming so severe that they "overshadow and are undermining" the progress of other, lower impact windfarm applications.

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This is because account would have to be taken of the cumulative impact of windfarm expansion when other applications are considered.

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