wind farmer
English
Noun
wind farmer (plural wind farmers)
- Someone who owns or manages a wind farm.
- 1983, ASME Wind Energy Symposium: Papers Presented at ... Annual Energy-Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, ASME, page 109:
- This would clearly put a wind farmer out of business.
- 1991 July 1, Popular Science, volume 239, number 1, page 56:
- The new turbine will soon have a chance to prove itself during the breezy summer months, when it's expected to show an energy-capture ratio (wind-farmer lingo for operating efficiency) at least 10 percent better than the current generation
- 2004, Paul Gipe, Wind Power
- Some, such as Ringkøbing's Landbobank (farmers' bank), have financed so many wind turbines that they've been dubbed the “wind farmers' bank.” Danish wind co-ops vary in size from a single turbine to small wind farms.
- 2009, Ian Woofenden, Wind Power For Dummies, page 24:
- The human factor: Skills and support Succeeding as a home wind farmer isn't easy. Wind-electric systems are more difficult to maintain than, say, gardens.
- 2019, Brandon N. Owens, The Wind Power Story: A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape...:
- Any modern‐day wind farmer will tell you that a series of questions must be answered to determine whether a site is suitable for the construction and operation of a wind turbine.