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wind farm

a large group of wind-driven generators for electricity supply
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Wind farm

A vast tract of land covered with wind-powered turbines that are used to drive generators that produce electricity.
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Having taken a Sh5.5 billion loan from South Africas Standard Bank to purchase the turbines, the lender placed Kinangop Wind Park under receivership.
It also massively undercuts the subsidy currently paid for offshore wind parks, which can reach 18.4 cents per kilowatt hour, although this is paid for only eight years, while the new projects will be subsidized for 20 years.
Actual wind park data were used in this investigation.
LUKERG Renew controls some 10% of the Bulgarian wind market after the buying the wind park, which was built in 2009, it said.
"This is the third wind park by Nelja Energia in Lithuania and its 12th in the Baltic States, but it is different from our other projects as the site is over 60 km inland, while the coastal region is traditionally perceived as best suited for wind energy.
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-July 21, 2011--Ganger Rolf announces construction start of wind park in Norway(C)2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com
(ADPnews) - Jun 17, 2011 - Austrian utility Verbund (WBAG:VER) is building a wind park with output of 200 MW on the Romanian Black Sea shore, news agency APA reported today.
Mons in Belgium, Wednesday the world's first wind park with giant 7MW wind
The investigation is based on the example of Pakri wind park. The park consists of 8 Nordex N-90 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW each.
begins commercial operation on its 156MW wind park in Bulgarevo, near Kavarna in northeastern Bulgaria, in autumn 2009.
The interconnection of each wind park with the local utility presented unique challenges.
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