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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Besides being efficient, nuclear power plants take up a whole lot less space than wind and solar farms.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
First, years before wind and solar farms proliferated in Texas, the ERCOT market design did not reward capital investment by power plant operators.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
New industrial scale solar farms go for miles, their neat rows of millions of panels glaring in the sun.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
The California Public Advocates office tags wildfire mitigation as the No. 1 contributor, followed by transmission and distribution investment (in part to pay to connect solar farms to the grid) and rooftop solar incentives.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
First, years before wind and solar farms proliferated in Texas, the ERCOT market design did not reward capital investment by power plant operators.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
New industrial scale solar farms go for miles, their neat rows of millions of panels glaring in the sun.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
The California Public Advocates office tags wildfire mitigation as the No. 1 contributor, followed by transmission and distribution investment (in part to pay to connect solar farms to the grid) and rooftop solar incentives.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Solar farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20farm. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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