wind plant

[ wind ]

noun

1. a grouping of devices, consisting of a tower, propellers, alternator, generator, and storage batteries, designed to produce electricity by converting the mechanical force of wind on blades or a rotor into electricity.

Example Sentences

Such an interruption should be immediately compensated by other power generators in the system, the company said, but the continuing outages in the national grid were preventing the wind plant from being brought back online.

From Seattle Times

Those subsidies would bring down the cost of a new solar or wind plant by 30 percent, and shave thousands from the price of an EV, making clean tech even more competitive than it already is .

From Slate

Crucially, adding storage capacity to cover longer interruptions at a solar or wind plant may not require purchasing an entirely new battery.

From Seattle Times

An electric car uses six times as many mineral resources as a gas vehicle and an offshore wind plant requires nine times as many mineral resources as a gas-powered plant, the report found.

From Washington Times

If this energy could be stored and later sold into the grid, Iowa’s wind plant owners could make more than $25 million a year, according to a December report from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

From Washington Times