solar energy

[ soh-ler en-er-jee ]

noun

1. energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.

solar energy

noun

1. energy obtained from solar power

solar energy

1. The radiant energy emitted by the Sun.
2. Energy derived from the Sun's radiation. Passive solar energy can be exploited through architectural design, as by positioning windows to allow sunlight to enter and help heat a space. Active solar energy involves the conversion of sunlight to electrical energy, especially in solar (photovoltaic) cells.
3. See also solar cell

solar energy

1. The energy the Earth receives from the sun , primarily as visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation . ( See renewable resource .)

Notes

The term solar energy often refers to processes that use this energy to generate heat or electricity for human use. ( See solar cells .)

Example Sentences

Five years ago I landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Abu Dhabi after flying around the globe powered solely by solar energy, a first in aviation history.

From TechCrunch

However, the price of renewable energy technologies, particularly wind and solar energy, has rapidly dropped over the last few years.

From Science News

With solar energy, the barge also could conduct water quality monitoring and run the security system, among other tasks.

From Washington Post

The ups and downs of that solar energy also make the thermosphere vary wildly in temperature.

From Science News For Students

A possible way around this would be to generate solar energy in space.

From Singularity Hub 

Her father, Bart, had resigned as CEO of a solar energy company in Atlanta after an unspecified disagreement with the board.

From The Daily Beast

In sunny regions, the company reckoned, solar energy could account for about 80 percent of the energy needed for oil recovery.

From The Daily Beast

Goldwater co-chairs a campaign to “stand up to utility monopolies to ensure solar energy remains strong in America.”

From The Daily Beast

Asked if he, the son, is ahead of his time on solar energy, Goldwater replied, “That makes for an interesting story.”

From The Daily Beast

The 200,000-square-foot facility is powered by solar energy so that frequent power outages do not disrupt care.

From The Daily Beast

In the seas the fluid has an exceeding freedom of motion; it can obey the varied impulses which the solar energy imposes upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

The winds blow and the rivers run; the crops grow, are gathered and consumed, by virtue of the solar energy.

From Project Gutenberg

The design of the funnel allows it to collect solar energy for about an hour without needing to be re-positioned.

From Project Gutenberg

Plato said that Solar Energy found one of its forms of expression in man.

From Project Gutenberg

The light and heat, the two great forms of solar energy, were withdrawn, but something took their place.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• solar power
• solar radiation