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solar energy
The energy which originates from light and heat from the sun, and which can be harnessed and used as a renewable source of energy using different technologies, such as photovoltaics (PV) for electricity production and solar thermal energy (STE) for thermal energy generation.
Alternative Names
solar thermal energyenergy from sunlightSTEsolar technologyrenewable solarsolar powerphotovoltaic energyenergy from the sunsun energy
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