solar energy

Noun

Meaning

energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy

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Synonyms

solar power sunlight energy solar electricity sun energy power energy insolation electromagnetic radiation solar radiation broadly radiant energy renewable resource hydroelectricity green energy wind power
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Antonyms

artificial source of radiation artificial radiation non-solar radiation artificial source of energy non-electromagnetic radiation non-renewable source of energy
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Hypernyms

alternative energy

Examples

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. Ralph Nader

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. George Porter

We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet. Peter Diamandis

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators. Thomas Friedman

Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy. Blythe Danner

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue. John Hickenlooper

Close letter words and terms

solar eclipse solar electricity solar energetic particle solar energy collection solar energy collector solar energy density