What is Wind farm?
[[File:Wind turbines, Wind power, Mirny, Crimea.jpg|thumb|Sakskaya Wind Farm in [[Crimea]]]] [[File:Whitelee with arran in the background.jpg|thumb|[[Whitelee Wind Farm]] in Scotland]] A '''wind farm''' is a group of [[wind turbine]]s in the same area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645063/wind-power|title=wind power (energy)|work=Encyclopæia Britannica, Online|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref> These turbines turn moving air into electricity. A large wind farm has several hundred wind turbines, and covers an area of hundreds of square miles. A wind farm may also be offshore. Many of the biggest onshore wind farms are in the USA. The [[Roscoe Wind Farm]] is the largest onshore wind farm in the world, producing 781.5 [[Megawatt|MW]] of power, followed by the [[Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center]] (735.5 MW). The [[Thanet Offshore Wind Project]] in [[United Kingdom]] is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 300 MW, followed by [[Horns Rev 2|Horns Rev II]] (209 MW) in [[Denmark]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Wind farms| ]] {{stub}}