solar energy

noun

Definitions

  1. Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Sun

    Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Sun; especially that part of this energy that is converted into usable thermal or electrical energy by man.

    • The Energy Research Institute under the Industrial Technological Research Institute has decided to build the nation’s first solar energy plant at Chutung Township in Hsinchu county.
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

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