solar farm
noun
plural solar farms
: a large installation of typically ground-mounted solar panels that generates electricity for distribution by a public utility
City, state, and federal officials converged on the solar farm at Sullivan's Ledge Wednesday to talk about the opportunities for green energy presented by the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.—
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Accessibility and Sustainability Thanks to a large, on-island solar farm, 95 percent of the resort is powered by sunlight.
—Jason Chau, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
Pearce and a colleague have calculated that, per unit of electricity, installing small-scale solar on buildings requires less energy (as embodied in metal, concrete, and so on) than building large solar farms.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
Financially fueled by recent funding from Al Gore's Generation Investment Management and Tom Steyer's Galvanize Climate Solutions, Octopus has spread its tentacles into the U.S. renewable energy scene with partnerships with solar farms and wind power developers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Tavis Coburn Imagine a massive solar farm orbiting in space, collecting unfiltered, uninterrupted sunlight and beaming gigawatts of power down to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jason Chau, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
Pearce and a colleague have calculated that, per unit of electricity, installing small-scale solar on buildings requires less energy (as embodied in metal, concrete, and so on) than building large solar farms.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
Financially fueled by recent funding from Al Gore's Generation Investment Management and Tom Steyer's Galvanize Climate Solutions, Octopus has spread its tentacles into the U.S. renewable energy scene with partnerships with solar farms and wind power developers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Tavis Coburn Imagine a massive solar farm orbiting in space, collecting unfiltered, uninterrupted sunlight and beaming gigawatts of power down to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Solar farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20farm. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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