solar collector

American  

noun

1. any of numerous devices or systems designed to capture and use solar radiation for heating air or water and for producing steam to generate electricity.

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Example Sentences

She tells us the south-facing atrium acts as a solar collector with its large, glass windows.

From BBC

That means the solar collector must concentrate the Sun’s heat more effectively.

From Nature

“While the cost of a solar collector can be high, using the collector to heat other buildings at other times of the year makes it more cost-effective.”

From Forbes

You don’t have to build anything, you basically just throw a seed on the ground and your solar collector grows out of thin air.

From Scientific American

She told all this while sitting on a bench on a recent weekday, as Watson hoisted himself up a 120-foot ponderosa pine, a solar collector slung on his hip, to put in the last installation.

From Seattle Times