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.

—Kevin G. Andrade

called also solar park

Examples of solar farm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What if the desert had rights and could sue to prevent the solar farms from being built — which would be bad for the environment in general but might be good for the desert? —India Nye Wenner, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025

Research from BloombergNEF highlights that particularly wind and solar farms are becoming cheaper than new coal and natural gas plants in most global markets. —Rami Harajli, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

An array of solar panels create electricity at the Lightsource bp solar farm near the Anglesey village of Rhosgoch, on May 10, 2024 in Wales. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025

The left picture shows the same area on February 10, 2023, before the floating solar farm was built. —Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for solar farm

• firearm
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