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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Major utilities use unionized labor to build and repair equipment, including the lines connecting distant industrial-scale solar farms in the desert.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
California has been promised $63 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for a wide variety of programs, including expanding solar farms, building electric vehicle chargers, curbing smog and building water projects.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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
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Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
California has been promised $63 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for a wide variety of programs, including expanding solar farms, building electric vehicle chargers, curbing smog and building water projects.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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
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“Solar farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20farm. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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