solar energy en · NOUN
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(uncountable) 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.
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.
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist: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.
1981 December 6, “Imports planned to meet energy needs”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
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nuclear energy · wind energy · water power
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sv solenergi (energy from the sun) · it elioenergia (energy from the sun) · mk сончева енергија (energy from the sun) · pt energia solar (energy from the sun) · ko 태양 에너지 (energy from the sun) · kmr enerjiya tavê (energy from the sun) · sw kawi ya sola (energy from the sun) · mi pūngao kōmaru (energy from the sun) · de Sonnenenergie (energy from the sun) · nn solenergi (energy from the sun) · pl energia słoneczna (energy from the sun) · ka მზის ენერგია (energy from the sun) · af sonenergie (energy from the sun) · ja 太陽エネルギー (energy from the sun) · it energia solare (energy from the sun) · fi aurinkoenergia (energy from the sun) · es energía solar (energy from the sun) · mn нарны эрчим хүч (energy from the sun) · nb solenergi (energy from the sun) · hu napenergia (energy from the sun) · cmn 太陽能 /太阳能 (energy from the sun) · nl zonne-energie (energy from the sun) · sw nguvu ya jua (energy from the sun) · lv saules enerģija (energy from the sun) · fr énergie solaire (energy from the sun) · eo sunenergio (energy from the sun) · te సౌరశక్తి (energy from the sun) · he אנרגיה סולארית (energy from the sun) · de Solarenergie (energy from the sun) · mk соларна енергија (energy from the sun) · li zóninnerzjie (energy from the sun) · da solenergi (energy from the sun) · kmr enerjiya rojê (energy from the sun) · eo suna energio (energy from the sun) · fy sinne-enerzjy (energy from the sun) · vi năng lượng mặt trời (energy from the sun) · ru со́лнечная эне́ргия (energy from the sun)