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 … to talk about the opportunities for green energy …—
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Overview Energy plans to mass-produce satellites equipped with lasers that will use near-infrared light not visible to the human eye to transmit the space solar energy to receivers on the ground at existing solar farms.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
And local deliberations rarely compare the impact of solar farms to common agricultural practices, which can lead to runoff from fertilizers and herbicides, for example, or waste lagoons from concentrated animal feeding operations.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
Mulvaney, the environmental studies professor, says battery developers and government officials should take a lesson from battles fought in the 2000s over the siting of wind and solar farms on ecologically vulnerable land.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Then there's the world's largest cluster of solar farms, a megaproject that covers 235 square miles (639 square kilometers) in Qinghai, China, high on the isolated Tibetan Plateau.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
And local deliberations rarely compare the impact of solar farms to common agricultural practices, which can lead to runoff from fertilizers and herbicides, for example, or waste lagoons from concentrated animal feeding operations.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
Mulvaney, the environmental studies professor, says battery developers and government officials should take a lesson from battles fought in the 2000s over the siting of wind and solar farms on ecologically vulnerable land.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Then there's the world's largest cluster of solar farms, a megaproject that covers 235 square miles (639 square kilometers) in Qinghai, China, high on the isolated Tibetan Plateau.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Solar farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20farm. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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