solar energy

English

solar energy (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.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
  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.

energy from the sun

Korean: 태양 에너지 (taeyang eneoji)
Kurdish: enerjiya tavê (ku) f, enerjiya rojê (ku) f
Latvian: saules enerģija f
Macedonian: сончева енергија f (sónčeva enérgija), соларна енергија f (sólarna enérgija)
Mongolian: нарны эрчим хүч (narny erčim hüč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solenergi m

Nynorsk: solenergi m
Portuguese: energia solar f
Russian: со́лнечная эне́ргия f (sólnečnaja enérgija)
Spanish: energía solar (es) f
Swedish: solenergi c
Telugu: సౌరశక్తి (te) (sauraśakti)
West Frisian: sinne-enerzjy c

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