small wind

small wind
 n.— «While a county-funded wind-testing project is about to begin, the first three months of data from an unrelated wind project at farms near Deerfield and Blissfield was collected Thursday.…The program is focused on what is called “small wind,” or projects with small generators intended to supply power for individual farm operations rather than utility-level generator projects intended to sell electricity on the power grid.» —“Initial wind testing in county called encouraging” by Dennis Pelham Daily Telegram (Adrian, Michigan) Jan. 13, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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