Windmill is a defacto synonym for wind turbines in most english speaking countries
In the same way irregardless is a synonym for regardless, yeah I guess so.
More like how a "bug" is a synonym for "error in a program", even though there's no actual bug stuck between vacuum tubes, not to mention there are no vacuum tubes any more, and they don't do computation like they did in the 50s any more, but I feel your pain.
Not in the industry.
Good thing the NYT article isn't a whitepaper directed at industry engineers.
I worked in the industry for three summers, and they were interchangeable there.
Additionally, they could be 'tur-bans' or 'tur-bines' as well.
They're milling electricity.
Milling electromagnetic fields, and producing electricity.
Oh god what have you guys done to my native tongue.
Referring to HAWTs by the name "windmill" is part of the common vernacular in North America
They're milling electrons ;-)
agreed! my first thought was someone had rigged electric generators in the old actual windmills of the Netherlands. My second thought was, last I checked, they're not remotely as big as jumbo's....
But then how would we keep the Don Quixote imagery?