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 …

—Kevin G. Andrade

called also solar park

Examples of solar farm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While new solar farms and battery storage can be constructed in months, the transmission lines needed to deliver their power often require a decade or more of planning, permitting, and construction. —Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

This strategic boost could increase production and also revenue for solar farm operators. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026

While not every developer provides the exact number of acres of prime farmland that its project will cover, the 11 solar farms that are either approved or proposed in Carroll would cover at least 96 acres of prime farmland altogether. —Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026

In markets with many solar farms, this is when electricity prices are lowest, making the panels less profitable. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for solar farm

• firearm
• underarm
• alarm
• disarm
• forearm
• gendarme
• nonfarm
• rearm
• arm
• charm
• harm