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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See also my story from 2021 about the potential for canal-spanning solar systems to reduce — although far from eliminate — the need for big solar farms.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Many are hoping that the technology—which is broadly popular among Americans, with 78 percent supporting developing more solar farms—can manage to stay out of Trump’s culture wars over climate change.
—Kate Yoder, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2025
This facility was said to be the world's biggest solar farm last June.
—New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
By June 2024, China accounted for 51 percent of the world's solar farm capacity, leading the globe in renewable energy generation, according to Global Energy Monitor's (GEM) Global Solar Power Tracker.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Many are hoping that the technology—which is broadly popular among Americans, with 78 percent supporting developing more solar farms—can manage to stay out of Trump’s culture wars over climate change.
—Kate Yoder, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2025
This facility was said to be the world's biggest solar farm last June.
—New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
By June 2024, China accounted for 51 percent of the world's solar farm capacity, leading the globe in renewable energy generation, according to Global Energy Monitor's (GEM) Global Solar Power Tracker.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Solar farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20farm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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