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Wind farm

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCore term

In energy & renewables, wind farm means: A group of wind turbines built in the same area and connected together, feeding their electricity into the grid through a shared substation.

In Turkish: rüzgar enerjisi santrali, RES, rüzgar çiftliği

How it is used

The usual term in English; wind park and wind power plant are also used. A wind farm is developed, built, commissioned and later repowered. Developers usually measure the wind at the site for a year or more before investing.

Example sentences

  1. The wind farm has 20 turbines with a total capacity of 100 MW.

  2. We installed a met mast to measure wind speeds at the planned wind farm site.

Common collocations

  • onshore wind farm
  • offshore wind farm
  • develop a wind farm
  • wind farm site
  • wind turbineA tall machine with large blades that turn in the wind and drive a generator to produce electricity. Modern turbines often stand on towers more than 100 metres high.
  • offshore windWind power produced by turbines built at sea, either fixed to the seabed or on floating platforms, where winds are stronger and steadier than on land.
  • onshore windWind power produced by turbines built on land, often on hills, plains or coastal areas. It is usually cheaper and quicker to build than offshore wind.
  • capacity factorThe ratio of the electricity a plant actually produces over a period to what it would produce running at full capacity the whole time, shown as a percentage.
  • substationA site with transformers, switches and protection equipment where voltage is raised or lowered and power flows are switched between lines.

More terms: Wind Energy

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