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Solar farm

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCore term

In energy & renewables, solar farm means: A large ground-mounted installation of solar panels, usually covering many hectares, that produces electricity to sell to the grid rather than to power a single building.

In Turkish: güneş enerjisi santrali, GES, güneş tarlası

How it is used

Also called a solar park, solar plant or utility-scale solar. Developers find land, secure a grid connection, then build and operate the solar farm. Technical documents often say ground-mounted PV plant.

Example sentences

  1. The 80 MW solar farm will cover about 150 hectares of former farmland.

  2. Sheep graze under the panels at our solar farm to keep the grass short.

Common collocations

  • build a solar farm
  • utility-scale solar
  • ground-mounted solar farm
  • solar farm developer
  • photovoltaicDescribing technology that converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor materials, as in solar cells and solar panels. It is usually shortened to PV.
  • utilityA company that supplies electricity, gas or water to the public and often owns or runs the network that delivers it. In energy texts it usually means a power company.
  • grid connectionThe physical link and the formal permission that allow a power plant, storage system or large consumer to send electricity to, or take it from, the grid.
  • inverterA device that converts the direct current (DC) produced by solar panels or batteries into alternating current (AC) that buildings can use or that can be fed into the grid.
  • energy yieldThe amount of electricity a solar or wind plant produces, or is expected to produce, over a period, usually a year. It is the basis of revenue forecasts.

More terms: Solar Energy

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