Definition of Solar power

1. Noun. Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy. "The amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy"

Exact synonyms: Solar Energy
Generic synonyms: Alternative Energy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Power

solar keratosis
solar lentigo
solar maculopathy
solar magnetic field
solar month
solar nebula
solar nebulae
solar nebulas
solar noon
solar panel
solar panels
solar parallax
solar physics
solar plexus
solar power (current term)
solar prominence
solar radiation
solar reject
solar rejects
solar retinopathy
solar sail
solar sails
solar still
solar system
solar systems
solar telescope
solar therapy
solar thermal system
solar time

Literary usage of Solar power

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2005 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, International Energy Agency (2005)
"solar power plants Responses to the questionnaire provided input data for six solar power plants in four countries, including one solar thermal parabolic ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"See aleo solar power plants. Solar halos. See Halos (Meteorology). ... Solar-power plant at Cairo, Egypt. 11. Lit 23, 44. Energy from the sun. ..."

3. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"The solar power Plant The solar power plant for that purpose (Figure 77) represents, therefore, ... Diagram of the solar power plant of the space station. ..."

4. Personal Cars and China =: Si Ren Jiao Che Yu Zhongguo by Zhongguo gong cheng yuan, National Research Council (U.S.) (2003)
"solar power can be converted directly to electricity, but there may be applications where the energy losses associated with a regenerative fuel cell are ..."

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