Look up solar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solar may refer to: Of or relating to the Sun Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe...

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the masses that orbit it, most prominently its eight planets, of which Earth is one...

The Sun is the star located at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions...

Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly...

either passive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include...

Solar power has a growing role in electricity production in the United Kingdom, contributing around 6.4% of the UK's annual power generation in 2025....

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially...

A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using multiple solar modules that consists of photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with a magnitude of 1.0386. A solar eclipse occurs...

A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by using...

Solar viewers (also known as solar viewing glasses or solar eclipse glasses) are special eyewear designed for direct viewing of the Sun. Standard sunglasses...

A total solar eclipse, nicknamed the Eclipse of the Century, will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, August 2, 2027, with a magnitude...

The Solar cycle, also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle, sunspot cycle, or Schwabe cycle, is a periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity measured...

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons...

other solar technologies, such as concentrated solar power or solar thermal, used for heating and cooling. A solar array only encompasses the solar panels...

structured by the solar magnetic field. The solar corona lies above the photosphere and chromosphere and extends out to the edge of the solar atmosphere where...

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 to make observations of...

During the 21st century, there will be 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between...

ejections, solar particle events, and other eruptive solar phenomena. The occurrence of solar flares varies with the 11-year solar cycle. Solar flares are...

Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity. Solar Power may also refer to: Solar Power (album), by Lorde, 2021 "Solar Power"...

and as photosensors. A photovoltaic system employs solar modules, each comprising a number of solar cells, which generate electrical power. PV installations...

A solar storm is a disturbance on the Sun, which can emanate outward across the heliosphere, affecting the entire Solar System, including Earth and its...

that time period. This integrated solar irradiance is called solar irradiation, solar radiation, solar exposure, solar insolation, or insolation. Irradiance...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Below is a complete...

Concentrated solar power (CSP), also called concentrating solar power or concentrated solar thermal, involves systems that collect solar heat for multiple...

The solar mass (M☉) is a frequently used unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately 2×1030 kg. It is approximately equal to the mass of the Sun...

solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities...

A solar inverter or photovoltaic (PV) inverter is a type of power inverter which converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic solar...

Solar Opposites is an American adult animated sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan for Hulu. The series follows a family of aliens consisting...

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 11, 1999, with a magnitude of 1.0286. This was one of the most-viewed...

Solar time is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day, based on...

up solar plexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The celiac plexus (or solar plexus) is a complex network of nerves located in the abdomen. Solar plexus...

geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally...

Solar 1, SOLAR-1, or Solar One is the name of several solar projects including: Nevada Solar One, third largest concentrated solar power plant in the world...

significant solar power capacity into their electrical grids to supplement or provide an alternative to conventional energy sources. Solar power plants...

Solar-type stars, solar analogs (also analogues), and solar twins are stars that are particularly similar to the Sun. The stellar classification is a...

replenished on a human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind power, and hydropower. Bioenergy and geothermal power are also...

a bigger one. The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar...

First Solar, Inc. is an American publicly traded manufacturer of solar panels. First Solar uses rigid thin-film modules for its solar panels, and produces...

A solar symbol is a symbol representing the Sun. Common solar symbols include circles (with or without rays), crosses, and spirals. In religious iconography...

Look up solarization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solarization or solarisation may also refer to: Solarization (photography), a photographic effect...

Yong-sun (Korean: 김용선, born February 21, 1991), known professionally as Solar (솔라), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress signed under RBW...

other impediment). Solar access is calculated using a sun path diagram. Solar access is differentiated from solar rights or solar easement, which is specifically...

The Solar dynasty or Sūryavanśha (lit. 'Descendants of the Sun'; Sanskrit: सूर्यवंश), also called the Ikshvaku dynasty, is a lineage or dynasty said to...

The solar core is the hot, dense region at the center of the Sun where energy is generated by nuclear fusion. It is considered to extend from the Sun's...

DC Solar Solutions Inc., trading as DC Solar, was a Benicia, California solar power supplier company. The company was shut down by the Federal Bureau of...

A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicates the season or almost equivalently the apparent position of the Sun relative to the stars. The Gregorian...

A solar cooker, also known as a solar oven, is a device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurize drinks and other food materials...

A solar car is a solar vehicle for use on public roads or race tracks. Solar vehicles are electric vehicles that use self-contained solar cells to provide...

Solar minimum is the regular period of least solar activity in the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. During solar minimum, sunspot and solar flare activity diminishes...

The formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of...

solar eclipses visible from Australia List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles List of solar eclipses visible from China List of solar eclipses...

The Solar Sentinels was a series of proposed space missions to the Sun. Solar Sentinels was proposed in 2006 in conjunction with other Sun missions, and...

disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections. These disturbances alter...

A solar electric vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic (PV) cells contained...

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter...

Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is a global renewable energy company. Headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, the company manufactures solar PV modules...

The solar constant (denoted as S☉ by the IAU standard) is a mathematical equation averaging the amount of energy received by a given area one astronomical...

116.83419°W / 34.87187; -116.83419 The SOLAR Project consists of the Solar One, Solar Two and Solar Tres solar thermal power plants based in the Mojave...

Solar rotation is the rotation of the Sun about its own axis. The Sun is not a solid body, but is composed of a gaseous plasma, and different latitudes...

Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) is the increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident...

astronomical unit is used primarily for measuring distances within the Solar System or around other stars. It is also a fundamental component in the...

Solar Roadways Incorporated is an American company based in Sandpoint, Idaho, aiming to develop solar-powered road panels to form a smart highway. Their...

A solar tuki is a rechargeable solar lighting system that was implemented in Nepal to replace kerosene lamps commonly used by villagers. It includes two...

Solar power is a major contributor to electricity supply in Australia. As of December 2025, Australia's over 4.29 million solar PV installations had a...

Solar phenomena are natural phenomena which occur within the atmosphere of the Sun. They take many forms, including solar wind, radio wave flux, solar...

Activ Solar GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, was a developer of solar energy. It was engaged in the production of polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon)...

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. is an Israeli company that produces DC optimized inverter systems. In 2023, SolarEdge became the most losing stock in the...

The Solar Ark (ソーラーアーク, Sōrā Āku) is a Japanese arc-shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility located in Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture The facility...

Solar wind is a stellar phenomenon of the Sun Solar wind may also refer to: Stellar wind, gas ejected from the atmosphere of stars Solar Winds, a computer...

"inflated" by plasma originating from the Sun, known as the solar wind. Outside the heliosphere, this solar plasma gives way to the interstellar plasma permeating...

A solar lamp, also known as a solar light or solar lantern, is a lighting system composed of an LED lamp, solar panels, battery, charge controller and...

Solar conjunction generally occurs when a planet or other Solar System object is on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth. From an Earth reference...

Vikram Solar Limited is an Indian solar energy company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It manufactures solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and develops...

Solar Turbines Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines for onshore and offshore...

is the first confirmed interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Canadian Robert...

Floating solar or floating photovoltaics (FPV), sometimes called floatovoltaics, are solar panels mounted on a structure that floats. The structures that...

Solar observation is the scientific endeavor of studying the Sun and its behavior and relation to the Earth and the remainder of the Solar System. Deliberate...

Solar is an American comic book superhero created by writer Paul S. Newman, editor Matt Murphy, and artist Bob Fujitani. The character first appeared...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition, comprising 10 contests, that challenges student teams to design and build...

Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...

Solar barques were the vessels used by the sun god Ra in ancient Egyptian mythology. During the day, Ra was said to use a vessel called the Mandjet (Ancient...

A solar simulator (also artificial sun or sunlight simulator) is a device that provides illumination approximating natural sunlight. The purpose of the...

A solar term (or jiéqì, traditional Chinese: 節氣; simplified Chinese: 节气) is any of twenty-four moments in traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars that...

Solar cycle 20 was the twentieth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 11.4 years, beginning...

portion of the electromagnetic radiation which is emitted by the Sun (i.e. solar radiation) and received by the Earth, in particular the visible light perceptible...

The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private...

A solar bus or solar-charged bus is a bus that is powered exclusively or mainly by solar energy. Solar-powered bus service is referred to as a solar bus...

Solar maximum is the regular period of greatest solar activity during the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. During solar maximum, large numbers of sunspots appear...

Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft. The privately...

Look up solar collector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solar collector may refer to: Solar thermal collector, a solar collector that collects heat...

Solar Power is the third studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde. It was released on 20 August 2021 by Universal. Inspired by the death of...

Solar architecture is designing buildings to use the sun's heat and light to maximum advantage and minimum disadvantage, and especially refers to harnessing...

A solar eclipse, also called the Great Australasian Eclipse by some media outlets, will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July...

A solar telescope or a solar observatory is a special-purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths...

Solar cycle 25 is the current solar cycle, the 25th since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. It began in December 2019 with...

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet was in 1992 around a pulsar, and...

Batimont Solar Park is a multi-use stadium in Ostend, Belgium. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of K.V. Diksmuide Oostende...

the solar potential to provide all of the electricity used in the United States. Utah is one of the seven states with the best potential for solar power...

Solar power is an important source of electricity in India. Since the mid-2010s, India has increased its solar power significantly with the help of various...

powered by solar engery. Direct solar desalination, such as a solar sill, produces distillate directly in the solar collector. The device traps the sun's...

Inkjet solar cells are solar cells manufactured by low-cost, high tech methods that use an inkjet printer to lay down the semiconductor material and the...

Solar power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of around 23,904 megawatt (MW) of photovoltaics as of the end of 2023. Around 4,304 MW of new...

Solar Ash is an action-adventure platform game developed by Heart Machine and published by Annapurna Interactive. It was released on December 2, 2021...

up solar flare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A solar flare is an intense emission of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun. Solar flare, solar flares...

Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings, Inc., or simply Solar Philippines, is a solar energy company based in the Philippines. Solar Philippines was...

Solar faculae are bright spots in the photosphere that form in the canyons between solar granules, short-lived convection cells several thousand kilometers...

SolarFlix (formerly Entertainment Central or ETC) is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by the Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary...

China is the largest market in the world for both photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal energy. Its PV capacity crossed 1,000 gigawatts (one terawatt, 1 TW)...

The Wright Solar is a low entry single-decker bus body that was built on Scania L94UB and Scania K230UB chassis by Wrightbus between 2000 and 2011. The...

Solar dryers are devices that use solar energy to dry substances, especially food. Solar dryers use the heat from the Sun to reduce the moisture content...

Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in industry, and in the...

Solar power includes solar farms as well as local distributed generation, mostly on rooftops and increasingly from community solar arrays. In 2025, utility-scale...

A total solar eclipse, known as the Great North American Eclipse, occurred on April 8, 2024, and was visible across a band covering parts of North America...

Vivint Solar was an American provider of photovoltaic solar energy generation systems, primarily for residential customers. The company was established...

Morgan Solar, Inc. is a Canadian solar power and optical technology company based in Toronto, Ontario. Since 2017, the company has specialized in urban...

A solar radius is a unit of distance, commonly understood as 695,700 km and expressed as R ⊙ {\displaystyle R_{\odot }} , used mostly to express the size...

The solar camera, or solar enlarger, is an ancestor of the darkroom enlarger, and was used in the mid-to-late 19th century to make photographic enlargements...

Solar Striker is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Nintendo and Minakuchi Engineering and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy...

Solar power in Arizona has the potential to, according to then-Governor Janet Napolitano, make Arizona "the Persian Gulf of solar energy". In 2012, Arizona...

In solar observation, a magnetogram is a pictorial representation of the spatial variations in strength of the solar magnetic field. Solar magnetograms...

Abound Solar was a manufacturer of cadmium telluride modules–a thin-film photovoltaic technology–based in the United States. It operated a production...

In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in...

This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These...

bifacial solar cell (BSC) is a photovoltaic solar cell that can produce electrical energy from both front and rear side. In contrast, monofacial solar cells...

Solar physics is the branch of astrophysics that specializes in the study of the Sun. It intersects with many disciplines of pure physics and astrophysics...

Evergreen Solar, Inc. was "a fully integrated manufacturer of solar panels producing wafers, cells and panels." On August 15, 2011, the company filed...

Solar canopies are solar arrays installed on canopies, which could be a parking lot canopy, carport, gazebo, Pergola, or patio cover. The mounting structure...

Spain, used primarily for solar power generation. The complex includes: PS10 Solar Power Plant PS20 Solar Power Plant Solnova Solar Power Station The first...

Solar Opposites is an American adult animated science-fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan for Hulu. The first season premiered on...

Solar desalination is a desalination technique powered by solar energy. The two common methods are direct (thermal) and indirect (photovoltaic). Solar...

A solar landfill, also referred to as a brightfield, is a former landfill site that has been transformed into a solar array or solar farm. Landfills that...

The Talatan Solar Park, officially the Gonghe Talatan Solar Power Plant, is a large cluster of solar power stations located beside the Longyangxia Dam...

The celiac plexus, also known as the solar plexus because of its radiating nerve fibers, is a complex network of nerves located in the abdomen, near where...

In 2013, Zep Solar was acquired by SolarCity, which was, at the time, the largest solar power installer in the United States. Zep Solar operated as an...

OnForce Solar is an American company that sells and installs solar energy packages for commercial customers. It was founded in 2007. OnForce Solar is the...

Solar Valley may refer to: Solar Valley (China), industrial area in China Solar Valley (Germany), industrial area in Germany Trübbach a village in Switzerland...

The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of Iran and the most widely-used calendar in Afghanistan. It is a solar calendar, based on the Earth's...

Zenith Solar was an Israeli solar energy company based in Ness Ziona. Zenith Solar was founded in 2006 by Roy Segev, David Faiman and Bob Whelen. In 2007...

Solar Millennium was a German company globally active in the renewable energy sector founded in 1998 in Erlangen, Germany, which is specialized in the...

A solar generator is a portable system that captures energy from sunlight using photovoltaic (PV) panels and stores it in a battery for later use. These...

A solar sibling is a star that formed in the same star cluster as the Sun. Stars that have been proposed as candidate solar siblings include HD 162826...

Solar shingles, also called photovoltaic shingles, are solar panels designed to look like and function as conventional roofing materials, such as asphalt...

hand, uncrewed spacecraft have reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Outer space represents a challenging environment for human exploration...

very thin atmosphere throughout the Solar System. The movement of mass ejected from the Sun is known as the solar wind. On Earth, common weather phenomena...

Solar bonds are municipal revenue bonds issued to provide low-interest financing for lower-cost accelerated development of local renewable energy technologies...

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. is a solar module manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, China, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: JKS) since...

Look up Solar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Solar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amelia Solar de Claro (1836–1915), Chilean...

poverty and toxic waste. Renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal energy can cause environmental damage but are generally...

Photovoltaic solar panels are the power source for almost all spacecraft ever launched. Modern spacecraft typically use multi-junction solar cell and gallium...

There are several solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which supply power to the electricity grid. Insolation (solar radiation) in the Mojave Desert...

Solar System objects List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun List of Solar...

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells is a scientific journal published by Elsevier covering research related to solar energy materials and solar cells...

A solar tracker is a device that orients a payload toward the Sun. Payloads are usually solar panels, parabolic troughs, Fresnel reflectors, lenses, or...

SolarWorld is a German company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of photovoltaic products worldwide by integrating all components of the solar...

Of the Solar System's eight planets and its nine most likely dwarf planets, six planets and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 468...

Solar 2 is an open world sandbox video game developed by Australian developer Jay Watts' video game studio, Murudai. It was released on 17 June 2011 on...

orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes...

the surface itself, but also by the spectral and angular distribution of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface. These factors vary with atmospheric...

Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (14 December 1887 – 9 April 1963), an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and...

Solar myth (Latin: solaris «solar») — mythologization of the Sun and its impact on earthly life; usually closely associated with lunar myths.[clarification...

During the 20th century, there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular, 71 were total and 6 were hybrids between total and annular...

El Solar (born May 26, 1956 in Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler who has been working since 1975...

A solar neutrino is a neutrino originating from nuclear fusion in the Sun's core, and is the most common type of neutrino passing through any source observed...

A solar still distills water with substances dissolved in it by using the heat of the Sun to evaporate water so that it may be cooled and collected, thereby...

o'clock in the daytime. Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian, at 12 noon apparent solar time. It is close to...

Gehrlicher Solar AG is a German photovoltaics corporation with its registered office in Neustadt near Coburg and its administrative headquarters in Dornach...

Solar Entertainment Corporation (also known as Solar Entertainment, and simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines...

dual-use solar) refers to the practice of using the same land for both solar energy and agriculture. There are a range of approaches. For example, solar panels...

Solar Soul is the seventh album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released on 1 June 2007 through Nuclear Blast. In February 2007, the band made public...

A solar fuel is a synthetic fuel produced using solar energy, through photochemical (i.e. photon activation of certain chemical reactions), photobiological...

Solar air conditioning, or "solar-powered air conditioning", refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power. This can be done through...

Nanofluid-based direct solar collectors are solar thermal collectors where nanoparticles in a liquid medium can scatter and absorb solar radiation. They have...

America (excluding its global territories) will have recorded a total of 182 solar eclipses, 21 of which are annular eclipses, 26 of which are total eclipses...

Solar-cell efficiency is the portion of energy in sunlight that is converted into electricity by a solar cell. Efficiency, in combination with latitude...

Solar Radio is a London-based radio station, which originally started life as a pirate radio station. Solar broadcasts primarily soul to London on DAB...

We Are in 2020. That same year, he launched the production company Mad Solar; its first release was the documentary A Man Named Scott (2021), which chronicled...

of air heated by passive solar energy. A simple description of a solar chimney is that of a vertical shaft utilizing solar energy to enhance the natural...

Solar Films Inc Oy is a Finnish film production company, which was founded in 1995. Solar Films' productions have won a total of 41 Jussi Awards, and...

Solar purpura (also known as actinic purpura and senile purpura) is a skin condition characterized by large, sharply outlined, 1- to 5-cm, dark purplish-red...

The solar dynamo is a physical process that generates the Sun's magnetic field. It is explained with a variant of the dynamo theory. A naturally occurring...

Solarized is a color scheme for code editors and terminal emulators created by Ethan Schoonover. The scheme is available in a light and a dark mode. Packages...

Solar Winds: The Escape and its sequel Solar Winds: Galaxy (also known as Solar Winds II: Universe) are top-down, space-themed role-playing action games...

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a concentrated solar thermal plant located in the Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain in California...

Shenzhen Topray Solar (Chinese: 拓日新能; pinyin: Tuòrì) is a solar energy company. It is a publicly listed company on China Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock...

following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Solar System: Solar System – gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the...

Solar-powered aircraft are electric aircraft that can be an airplane, blimp, or airship and use either a battery or hydrogen to store the energy produced...

A solar canal is a canal fitted with solar panels, increasing their efficiency, and reducing evaporation and land usage. The first operative system was...

Phoenix Solar AG was a German solar photovoltaic company involved in the systems integration business. Specifically, the company designs, builds and operates...

2025[update], solar power was the largest electricity source in Pakistan, accounting for more than 25% of total production in 2025. In 2024, solar power installations...

A solar power tower, also known as 'central tower' power plant or 'heliostat' power plant, is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive focused...

around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term:...

Solar Liberty is an American company that installs, sells and leases solar panel energy systems, known as photovoltaic (PV) systems, for homes, businesses...

installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers, or to non-water-heating devices such as solar cookers or solar air heaters. Solar thermal collectors...

160 to 190 μm thick solar wafers—slices from bulks of solar grade silicon—they are sometimes called wafer-based solar cells. Solar cells made from c-Si...

a similar underlying concept for timekeeping based on sidereal year for solar cycle and adjustment of lunar cycles in every three years, but differ in...

A solar pond is a pool of saltwater which collects and stores solar thermal energy. The saltwater naturally forms a vertical salinity gradient also known...

Solar power in Gujarat, a state of India, is a fast developing industry given that the large state is mostly arid. It was one of the first states to develop...

Solar reforming is the sunlight-driven conversion of diverse carbon waste resources into sustainable fuels (or energy vectors) and value-added chemicals...

Solar-C (official name "High-sensitivity Solar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Satellite") is a planned Sun-observing satellite being developed by the Japan...

Solar Assault is a three-dimensional shoot 'em up released by Konami in 1997. A spin-off of the long running Gradius series, the title retains most of...

SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1978 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records...

in the price of solar units from China has led to a significant increase in imports of solar panels. A study by Ember found that solar panel imports to...

Solar tower may refer to: Solar telescope § Solar tower, a structure used to support equipment for studying the Sun Solar flower tower, a hybrid power...

period or solar day) is the period for a celestial object to rotate once in relation to the star it is orbiting, and is the basis of solar time. The synodic...

Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc...

Areva Solar was part of the renewable energies portfolio of the French nuclear group Areva, headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in...

Solar water disinfection, in short SODIS, is a type of portable water purification that uses solar energy to make biologically contaminated (e.g. bacteria...

A rooftop solar power system, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic (PV) system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted on the rooftop...

BP Solar was a manufacturer and installer of photovoltaic solar cells headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with production facilities in Frederick, MD, India...

Solar is a novel by author Ian McEwan, first published on 18 March 2010 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Random House. It is a satire about a jaded Nobel-winning...

as largest: Topaz Solar Farm, a PV solar plant at 550 MWAC in central coast area and a second 550-MW plant, the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm located in the...

A solar deity is a god or goddess who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship...

The solar neutrino problem concerned a large discrepancy between the flux of solar neutrinos as predicted from the Sun's luminosity and as measured directly...

Solar Lake (Arabic: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula...

agriculture industry. GlassPoint Solar, located in Fremont, California, encloses solar fields in greenhouses to produce steam for solar-enhanced oil recovery. For...

SolarReserve was a developer of utility-scale solar power projects which include Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) technology. The...

Solar car racing refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car...

Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Robert Bloch wrote of the series...

A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats...

types of solar-powered desalination; solar thermal-based and PV-based. Solar thermal desalination uses concentrated solar power (CSP) or solar collectors...

The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter...

Goldbeck Solar GmbH is a solar energy company headquartered in Hirschberg an der Bergstraße in Baden-Württemberg. The company offers utility-scale photovoltaic...

SolarJOOS was a solar power company founded in 2008. The company builds an efficient and rugged portable solar charger used to charge cell phones and other...

Concentrix Solar GmbH was a German solar power company based in Freiburg, Germany, that specialized in developing and commercializing concentrator photovoltaics...

Xinyi Solar Holdings Limited (SEHK: 968) was formed in 2008 in Dongguan when Xinyi Glass split off its solar photovoltaic glass development, manufacturing...

The solar luminosity (L☉) is a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity...

(equal to 0.8 W/m2/K) Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), ratio of solar heat (infrared) passing through the glass to incident solar heat Visible transmittance...

across, through which the Solar System is moving. This feature overlaps with a region around the Sun referred to as the solar neighborhood. It is unknown...

Solar probe can refer to: the NASA Solar Probe mission (now named "Parker Solar Probe") List of Solar System probes, which includes many solar probes This...

A solar charger is a charger that employs solar energy to supply electricity to devices or batteries. They are generally portable. Solar chargers can charge...

The Solar midget car was a type of midget car racing vehicle produced by the Solar Aircraft Company immediately following the end of World War II. The...

Solar Lodge was a magical organization in California that was established in 1965, and withdrew from initiatory activity in 1972. It was based on ideas...

replenish and keep constant the number of long-period comets entering the inner Solar System—where they are eventually consumed and destroyed during close approaches...

A solar tube may refer to: Evacuated tube collector – a type of high efficiency solar thermal collector Light tube This disambiguation page lists articles...

and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass nearly 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly...

Abengoa Solar (formerly Solúcar Energía) is a subsidiary of Abengoa. Its primary activities include designing, promotion, financing attainment, construction...

The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10 to...

Signet Solar is a defunct solar company that was established in 2006 in Menlo Park, California. They produced photovoltaic modules, and have manufacturing...

aCentauri Solar Racing is a student-led team based in Zurich that designs and builds their own solar race cars to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge...

The solar zenith angle is the zenith angle of the Sun, i.e., the angle between the sun’s rays and the vertical direction. It is the complement to the...

to derive the time of sunrise or sunset for any solar declination and latitude in terms of local solar time when sunrise and sunset actually occur. The...

Solar erythema is a skin condition characterized by redness of the skin following exposure to ultraviolet light, not to be confused with sunburn.[further...

Trina Solar Co., Ltd., stylized as Trinasolar, is a Chinese photovoltaics company founded in 1997. The company was founded in 1997 by Jifan Gao. In June...

Solar Max may refer to: The solar maximum period of greatest sunspot activity in the 11 year solar cycle of the Sun The Solar Maximum Mission satellite...

Four eclipses occurred during 2017: Solar eclipses Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017; annular Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017; total Lunar eclipses February...

The Solar T62 Titan is an American gas turbine engine used mainly as an aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU), conventional power generator, turboprop engine...

In astronomy, a solar transit is a movement of any object passing between the Sun and the Earth. This includes the planets Mercury and Venus (see Transit...

SolarAid is an international development charity which is working to create a sustainable market for solar lights in Africa. In line with the Sustainable...

The solar apex, or the apex of the Sun's way, refers to the direction that the Sun travels with respect to the local standard of rest. This is not to...

Onyx Solar is a solar energy company in Ávila, Spain. It was established in 2009 by Alvaro Beltran and Teodosio del Caño. It manufactures Building-integrated...

occasionally adds one intercalary month to remain synchronized with the solar year over the long term. The term calendar is taken from kalendae, the term...

Sharp Solar, a subsidiary of Sharp Electronics, is a solar energy products company owned by Sharp Corporation and based in Osaka, Japan. The company produces...

This is made possible by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained...

date (until 2022). Between 2015 and 2016, Solar Impulse 2 completed a circumnavigation of the Earth using solar power. Electric VTOL aircraft or personal...

high-purity, polycrystalline form of silicon, used as a raw material by the solar photovoltaic and electronics industry. Polysilicon is produced from metallurgical...

A balcony solar power system (also called a plug-in solar panel, mini solar system, or balcony power station) is a small photovoltaic system designed...

SOLAR (Solar Monitoring Observatory) was an ESA science observatory on the Columbus Laboratory, which is part of the International Space Station. SOLAR...

Shakti Sthala (Energy Space), also called Pavagada Solar Park is a solar park covering an area of 53 square kilometres (13,000 acres) in Pavagada taluk...

Magnus Birgersson, better known by his stage name Solar Fields, is a Swedish electronic music artist. As of 2014, he has released fifteen albums, and...

A solar mirror contains a substrate with a reflective layer for reflecting the solar energy, and in most cases an interference layer. This may be a planar...

Solar moss is a distinctive feature in the Sun's atmosphere discovered by NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft in 1999. It...

December 2008. It has operations in five continents generating energy from solar, geothermal, wind and hydropower sources. As of 2026, it manages a capacity...

In solar physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface...

Solar Aviation Co., Ltd., which operated as Solar Air, (Thai: โซล่าแอร์) was a Thai airline based at the Don Mueang International Airport. The airline...

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatts (MW) and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy...

Solar power has been growing rapidly in the U.S. state of California because of high insolation, community support, declining solar costs, and a renewable...

The solar equator is the latitude on Earth at which the Sun is observed directly overhead at midday. Due to the obliquity of Earth's axis, the solar equator...

keep the calendar in sync with the seasons. It also features twenty-four solar terms, which track the position of the sun and are closely related to climate...

Solar power has been increasing rapidly in the U.S. state of North Carolina, from less than 1 MW (megawatts) in 2007 to 6,152 MW in 2019, when it had...

Saros cycle series 126 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 41 of which...

A solar thermal rocket is a theoretical spacecraft propulsion system that would make use of solar power to directly heat reaction mass, and therefore...

Systema Solar is a Colombian artistic collective of musicians, visual artists, and film producers, active as a band since 2006. It is known for its party-oriented...

Morro Solar is a headland in Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru. Named after Antonio del Solar, a Spanish encomendero and Conquistador, it is located south...

USS Solar (DE-221) (pronounced sō-lär), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate First Class...

A solar balloon is a balloon that gains buoyancy when the air inside is heated by solar radiation, usually with the help of black or dark balloon material...

DelSolar is a merger of “Delta” and “solar”, the name of the parent company and DelSolar’s main focused industry. DelSolar started its initial solar cell...

Curtis Justin Solar Jr. (born September 26, 1992) is an American country music singer-songwriter from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a musician, Solar has cited...

Solar Splash is an intercollegiate solar/electric boat competition dedicated to showing the feasibility of solar energy. An annual collegiate solar boating...

AE Solar is a German tier 1 solar panels manufacturer founded in Königsbrunn, Germany in 2003, by 3 brothers; Alexander, Victor and Waldemar Maier. The...

Francisco "Francis" Javier Solar González (born 14 September 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Málaga, Andalusia...

The Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One is a British mid-wing, experimental, crewed solar-powered aircraft that was designed by David Williams...

private company founded in 2009 that designs and manufactures solar steam generators which use solar thermal technology to generate steam for industrial processes...

total solar power installed was 19.5 GW, of which 17.2 GW were solar PV installations and 2.3 GW were concentrated solar power. In the same year, solar power...

Solar 1 is New York City's only self-sustaining solar powered building. It houses educational facilities for Solar One, a non-profit organisation concerned...

The Bhadla Solar Park is a solar power plant located in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. It covers an area of 56 square kilometers and has a total...

Solar Crusade, the follow-up to Chaos Control, is a rail shooter video game designed and published by Infogrames Multimedia, created using Softimage 3D...

Kabushiki Kaisha Solar Frontier is a Japanese photovoltaic company that develops and manufactures thin film solar cells using CIGS technology. It is a...

Solar Ray (stylized and subtitled as SOLAR RAY Hirasawa best recycling album Recycled by P-MODEL kernel) is a 2001 remix album by Susumu Hirasawa. It is...

Solar Soccer Club is an American youth soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas. It is a member of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL)...

Solar Sports is a Philippine digital free-to-air television network based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, Philippines. It serves as the flagship network...

A community solar project, farm or garden is a solar power installation that accepts capital from and provides output credit and tax benefits to multiple...

SolarCity Corporation was a publicly traded company headquartered in Fremont, California, that sold and installed solar energy generation systems as well...

coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Frenchtown Solar is a group of three photvoltaic arrays, or solar farms, in Kingwood Township, about 3 miles east...

Solar Filmworks is a film production company which produced The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2007) which stars Julian Adams, Amy Redford...

A solar-powered watch or light-powered watch is a watch that is powered, entirely or partially, by solar power using solar cell technology. The first solar-powered...

Solar power consists of photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal energy in the European Union (EU). In 2010, the €2.6 billion European solar heating sectors...

Solar storms of different types are caused by disturbances on the Sun, most often from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares from active regions...

the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours. Solar midnight is the time opposite to solar noon, when the Sun is closest to the nadir,[citation...

A total solar eclipse, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, occurred on August 21, 2017. It was visible within a band that spanned the contiguous...

Solar jets are transient, collimated flows of plasma in the Sun's atmosphere. They occur at many different scales, temperatures, and locations, and are...

Solar Foods is a food company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Vantaa, Finland. It produces Solein, a single-cell protein made from a gas fermentation...

generated by solar panels. Solar air conditioning Solar charger Strawberry Tree Solar chimney Solar cooker Solar dryer Solar furnace Solar inverter Solar keyboard...

interface for coronal heating. Solar cycle Solar spicule Solar granule Athay, R. Grant; Warwick, Constance S. (1961). "Indices of Solar Activity". In Landsberg...

Solar power suits Turkey's climate, especially in the South Eastern Anatolia and Mediterranean regions. Solar power is a growing part of renewable energy...

This list of solar eclipses visible from Turkey enumerates the solar eclipses that have been and will be seen over Turkey. "JavaScript Solar Eclipse Explorer...

Milivoj Solar (8 April 1936 – 16 September 2025) was a Croatian literary theorist and literary historian. Solar was born in Koprivnica. At the University...

A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV...

The 2013 Kerala solar panel scam occurred in 2013, when a solar energy company, Team Solar, in Kerala, India, used two women to create political contacts...

Solar power in France including overseas territories reached an installed capacity figure of 24.5 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2023, up from 17.1 GW at...

The use of solar energy began in Israel in the 1950s with the development by Levi Yissar of a solar water heater to address the energy shortages that plagued...

Solar Fire is the fourth studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in 1973. It spent 15 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number...

Aleo Solar GmbH produces and distributes solar modules and systems. It was founded in 2001. Its plant in Prenzlau, Germany, provided the company with...

The European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS), is an organisation whose purpose is to promote solar physics and represent...

alpha-capture process. Despite its abundant presence in the universe and Solar System—ranking fifth in cosmic abundance following hydrogen, helium, oxygen...

Solar credits, introduced by the Australian Federal Government in 2009, were a key component of the Renewable Energy Target to incentivize renewable energy...

largest in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere (denser than Earth's), and is the only known object in the Solar System besides...

Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to...

(the solar radiation that is scattered or reflected by gas molecules and particulate matter in the atmosphere). Direct insolation is equal to the solar irradiance...

Solar Attack (also called Solar Strike) is a 2006 television film by CineTel Films and Lions Gate Entertainment, starring Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly...

GPX (secondary coordinates) During the 22nd century, there will be 235 solar eclipses of which 79 will be partial, 87 will be annular, 65 will be total...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, June 1, 2030, with a magnitude of 0.9443. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar Star is a 579-megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station near Rosamond, California, United States, that is operated and maintained by SunPower Services...

Modern day applications of solar energy technologies include solar heating, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity and solar architecture. Today, these...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, August 12, 2045, with a magnitude of 1.0774. A solar eclipse occurs...

The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a NASA contribution. Solar Orbiter, designed to obtain...

Solar cycle 10 was the tenth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 11.3 years, beginning...

largest solar energy field. It is a joint project between Aera Energy and GlassPoint Solar. It will be the first in the world to incorporate solar steam...

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, with a magnitude of 1.0515. A solar eclipse occurs when...

Solar Euromed was a technology group based in France specializing in concentrated solar power technology, and was active from 2007 until 2016. The company...

lunisolar calendar is a calendar that combines monthly lunar cycles with the solar year. As with all calendars which divide the year into months, there is...

described as related to hopepunk and as the inverse of cyberpunk. The "solar" represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, September 23, 2090, with a magnitude of 1.0562. A solar eclipse occurs...

The theory of solar cells explains the process by which light energy in photons is converted into electric current when the photons strike a suitable...

Novatec Solar is a German provider of solar boilers using linear Fresnel collector technology based in Karlsruhe. Novatec Solar specialises in turnkey...

Albums of All Time". She explored indie folk and psychedelic styles on Solar Power (2021), receiving polarised reactions from critics and listeners....

luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) is a device for concentrating radiation, solar radiation in particular, to produce electricity. Luminescent solar concentrators...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 25, 2030, with a magnitude of 1.0468. A solar eclipse occurs...

AORA's Solar Flower Tower is a hybrid power generator that utilizes solar and alternative fuels, including diesel fuel, natural gas, liquefied natural...

Solar-powered calculators are hand-held electronic calculators powered by solar cells mounted on the device. They were introduced at the end of the 1970s...

Solar Dynamics Barbados Ltd is one of the leading Barbados-based manufacturers of solar hot water systems in the Caribbean region. The company was established...

A solar combisystem provides both solar space heating and cooling as well as hot water from a common array of solar thermal collectors, usually backed...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui....

eclipse of the same series occurs or occurred with a gap of one saros only. Solar and lunar eclipses have different saros series. A series of eclipses that...

Solar Technologies, Inc. is a publicly traded photovoltaic (PV) company located in Thornton, Colorado. Its primary product is a flexible CIGS solar cell...

In solar physics, a spicule, also known as a fibril or mottle, is a dynamic jet of plasma in the Sun's chromosphere about 300 km in diameter. They move...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 20, 2034, with a magnitude of 1.0458. A solar eclipse occurs when...

Mage Solar AG (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːɡe zoˈlaːɐ̯ ʔaːˈɡeː], stylized as MAGE SOLAR), headquartered in Ravensburg, Germany, provides system components...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 26, 2028, with a magnitude of 0.9208. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) or Solar Renewable Energy Credits, are a form of Renewable Energy Certificate or "green tag" existing in the...

A solar hydrogen panel is a device for artificial photosynthesis that produces photohydrogen from sunlight and water. The panel uses electrochemical water...

Solar Mamas is the affectionate name given to women from different countries who have had hands-on training as technicians on the solar programme at the...

The Solar Generation: Childhood and Adolescence of Terrestrial Photovoltaics is a 2018 book by Philip R Wolfe published by John Wiley & Sons and the IEEE...

IBC Solar is a company based in Germany which specializes in custom solar panel installations (photovoltaics). The company was established in 1982. Founder...

Silvia Solar (20 March 1936 – 9 May 2011) was a French actress and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the...

Skyline Solar was a concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) company based in Mountain View, California, United States. The company developed medium-concentration...

A solar easement is a right, expressed as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract, or other written instrument...

largest solar farm in Michigan is Assembly Solar, completed in 2022, which has 347 MW of capacity. Small-scale solar provided 50% of Michigan solar electricity...

orbits set near the terminator do not suffer from eclipse, therefore their solar cells are continuously lit by sunlight. Such orbits are called dawn-dusk...

A solar particle event (SPE), also known as a solar energetic particle event or solar radiation storm, is a solar phenomenon that occurs when particles...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, March 30, 2033, with a magnitude of 1.0462. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar radiation modification (SRM), also called solar geoengineering, is a group of large-scale approaches to reduce global warming by increasing the...

Solar Crisis is a 1990 Japanese-American science fiction thriller film directed by Richard C. Sarafian (credited as Alan Smithee). The screenplay was...

The Solar Film (also known as A Short Film on Solar Energy) is a 1979 short film by Elaine and Saul Bass and produced by Michael Britton. The film was...

This is a list of most likely gravitationally rounded objects (GRO) of the Solar System, which are objects that have a rounded, ellipsoidal shape due to...

Solar Energy is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official journal of the International Solar Energy Society. It covers research on all aspects...

Solar energy conversion describes technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity...

The Solar Building, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the world's first commercial building to be heated primarily by solar energy. It was built...

SolarWave was a Swedish company producing solar powered water purification systems. SolarWave was founded in 2009 by Bengt Skörelid and Thomas Larsson...

Central solar heating is the provision of central heating and hot water from solar energy by a system in which the water is heated centrally by arrays...

The World Solar Challenge (WSC), named the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge since 2013, is an international event for solar powered cars. The course is...

More distributed solar power in Ukraine is urgently needed to secure electricity in Ukraine, according to the IEA. During the 2022 Russian invasion of...

Power Solar Systems Limited, formerly Tata BP Solar, is an Indian company that specialises in solar energy services. The company manufactures solar modules...

Solar power is an important contributor to electricity generation in Italy, accounting for 12.3% of total generation in 2023, and with a total installed...

Thin-film solar cells are a type of solar cell made by depositing thin layers of photovoltaic material onto a glass, plastic or metal substrate. Thin-film...

The Bastille Day solar storm was a powerful solar storm on 14–16 July 2000 during the solar maximum of solar cycle 23. The storm began on the national...

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 11, 2029, with a magnitude of 0.2303. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar Egg is an egg-shaped sauna created by the artist duo Bigert & Bergström for Riksbyggen. The sauna sits perched in Luossabacken in Kiruna. The egg...

A solar controller is an electronic device that controls the circulating pump in a solar hot water system to harvest as much heat as possible from the...

Alexander Peslyak (Александр Песляк) (born 1977), better known as Solar Designer, is a security specialist from Russia. He is best known for his publications...

A tropical year, or solar year (or tropical period), is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky – as viewed from the Earth...

Solar Gambling is the thirteenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. On December 1, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the...

WiSolar (pronounced wee-solar) is a transnational solar electricity company in Africa that was founded in 2016 by Nigerian-born entrepreneur Tonye Irims...

Neo Solar Power Energy Corp. (traditional Chinese: 新日光能源), also known as NSP, is a Taiwan-based solar cell and module manufacturer. The company was ranked...

Francisco Solar was a Chilean politician who served as a minister. de Ramón, Armando (1986). Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivo...

the September 1974 World Energy Conference in Detroit. A month later, the Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974 was signed. Section...

Solar Learning is a Philippine free-to-air educational UHF television channel which broadcasts as a relay feed of the DepEd TV programming service. It...

Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship is a multidirectional shooter video game developed by Zippo Games and Rare and published by Tradewest for the...

A perovskite solar cell (PSC) is a type of solar cell that includes a perovskite-structured compound, most commonly a hybrid organic–inorganic lead or...

Terra (MTerra) Solar Project is a solar power and energy battery storage facility project under construction in the Philippines. Solar Philippines initially...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, November 14, 2031, with a magnitude of 1.0106. It is a hybrid event...

A solar map, in general, is a map of a city, state, country, or any piece of land that illustrates information about how much a certain piece of land...

Khi Solar One (KSO) is a solar power tower solar thermal power plant, located in the Northern Cape Region of South Africa. Khi Solar One is 50 megawatts...

Solarion is a rare genus of eukaryote microbes that inhabits shallow marine low-oxygen sediments. The genus contains a single species, Solarion arienae...

Solar chemical refers to a number of possible processes that harness solar energy by absorbing sunlight in a chemical reaction. The idea is conceptually...

The Solar Cup is an eco-boating competition in Temecula, California. Paid for by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and taking place...

A concentrated solar still is a system that uses the same quantity of solar heat input (same solar collection area) as a simple solar still but can produce...

Planet Nine is a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Its gravitational effects could explain the peculiar clustering of...

Solar Fox is an arcade game released in 1981 by Bally Midway. It was ported to the Atari 2600 console and was also released as a Commodore-published cartridge...

The Solar Wind (Finnish: Aurinkotuuli) is a 1975 Finnish science fiction novel by Kullervo Kukkasjärvi [fi] (1938–1983). It tells the story of a gravity...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, February 6, 2027, with a magnitude of 0.9281. A solar eclipse occurs...

technology solar cells cheaper and/or more efficient to effectively compete with other energy sources; developing new technologies based on new solar cell architectural...

"Solar" (/ˈsoʊlər/ or /soʊˈlɑːr/[citation needed]) is a composition written by Chuck Wayne and later recorded and copyrighted with small alterations by...

The use of solar energy in rural areas across sub-Saharan Africa has increased over the years. With many communities lacking access to basic necessities...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2, 2035, with a magnitude of...

The Solar art prize is an annual art exhibition hosted by the Royal Society of the Arts, South Australia. The prize was established by Pip Fletcher in...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, May 21, 2031, with a magnitude of 0.9589. A solar eclipse occurs...

The Halloween solar storms were a series of solar storms involving solar flares and coronal mass ejections that occurred from mid-October to early November...

A solar-pumped laser (or solar-powered laser) is a laser that shares the same optical properties as conventional lasers such as emitting a beam consisting...

DOE Solar Decathlon Competition in Washington, DC in October 2009. Alberta Solar Decathlon Project 2009 US DOE Solar Decathlon Competition Solar energy...

applications include lightweight, thin, and flexible electric/photonics circuits, solar cells, and various medical, chemical and industrial processes enhanced or...

Sundog Solar is a solar energy installation company based in Chatham, NY, and Midcoast Maine in Searsport. Sundog installs photovoltaic and solar hot water...

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, January 14, 2029, with a magnitude of 0.8714. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar Academy International is a global Solar energy training school network. Solar Academy International's first training center, Ontario Solar Academy...

list of solar eclipse visible from the Philippines enumerates the solar eclipse that have been and will be seen over the Philippines. A solar eclipse...

within the Solar System. These are by no means all events, but only the notable or rare ones. In particular, it does not include all solar eclipses or...

formation and evolution of the Solar System began with the Copernican Revolution. The first recorded use of the term "Solar System" dates from 1704. Since...

Armada Solar was an Australian energy efficiency company based in Canberra. The company was created to capitalize on the ACT Government on the feed in...

The Owens Valley Solar Array (OVSA), also known as Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA), is an astronomical radio telescope array, located at Owens...

A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. The term was first...

The Solar Anus (French: L'anus solaire) is a short surrealist text by the French writer Georges Bataille, written in 1927 and published with drawings...

in conjunction with solar energy and uses a system of air circulation for increased efficiency. A solar heat collector, or solar thermal collector, is...

A solar-powered refrigerator is a refrigerator which runs on energy directly provided by sun, and may include photovoltaic or solar thermal energy. Solar-powered...

Solar energetic particles (SEP), formerly known as solar cosmic rays, are high-energy, charged particles originating in the solar atmosphere and solar...

selenide solar cells (CIGS): Ascent Solar Technologies Avancis (former subsidiary of Saint Gobain) Miasolé Midsummer AB (Swedish manufacturer of CIGS solar modules...

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is an American nonprofit organization that arranges solar co-ops for group purchase of home solar panel installations. The...

the photoelectric effect. This discovery laid the foundation for solar cells. Solar cells have gone on to be used in many applications. They have historically...

electricity- or diesel-run water pumps. Generally, solar-powered pumps consist of a solar panel array, solar charge controller, DC water pump, fuse box/breakers...

Solar Quest is a monochrome vector arcade video game created by Cinematronics in 1981. It was designed and programmed by Scott Boden, who previously worked...

The Roserock Solar Facility is a 157 MWAC (212 MWp) photovoltaic power station in Pecos County, Texas. It was the largest solar project in Texas when completed...

Solar power station may refer to: Concentrated solar power Photovoltaic power station Space-based solar power List of solar thermal power stations List...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, May 9, 2032, with a magnitude of 0.9957. A solar eclipse occurs...

A solar dial is a type of time switch used primarily for controlling lighting. The benefit of a solar dial over a conventional 'on-off' time switch is...

the rapidly falling cost of both solar and wind power. After 2024, clean energy is cheaper than ever. Global solar module prices fell 35 percent to less...

Classified as a mutant, Sunspot possesses the ability to absorb and channel solar power into physical strength. His personality is idealistic and impulsive...

Timeline of solar astronomy 900–929 — Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī (Albatenius) discovers that the direction of the Sun's eccentricity is...

astronomical events featured in films, such as full moons and asteroid strikes, solar eclipses are less commonly seen. When they have featured in films, they...

moon where the Sun culminates at the location's zenith. This occurs at solar noon. At this point, the Sun's rays will fall exactly vertical relative...

A solar eclipse occurs when parts of the Earth is in a shadow cast. Solar eclipse may also refer to: Solar Eclipse (video game), a 1995 video game "Solar...

The solar humidification–dehumidification method (HDH) is a thermal water desalination method. It is based on evaporation of sea water or brackish water...

1981) is a Swedish guitarist, YouTuber, record producer, and the owner of Solar Guitars. He is a founding member of the band Feared, plays lead guitar in...

Solar Systems was an Australian company that constructed three concentrated solar power stations in remote Indigenous communities the Northern Territory...

renewable energy sources is: Solar power - 150,260.70 MW (includes ground mounted solar, rooftop solar, hybrid solar, off-grid solar and PM KUSUM) Wind power...

for solar images from the SDO and other solar space missions such as SOHO, Hinode and STEREO, and serves as an access point for the Virtual Solar Observatory...

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. is a solar development company founded in Yangpu district, Shanghai. They design, develop, manufacture and sell solar cell...

A comet is an icy, small Solar System body or interstellar object that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called...

Heterojunction solar cells (HJT), variously known as Silicon heterojunctions (SHJ) or Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin Layer (HIT), are a family of...

Mars's "solar hour" is 1⁄24 of a sol (1 h 1 min 39 s), a "solar minute" 1⁄60 of a solar hour (61.65 seconds), and a "solar second" 1⁄60 of a solar minute...

Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, also known as Ultra Mega Solar Parks, are a series of solar power projects planned by the Ministry of New and Renewable...

Solar power in Texas, a portion of total energy in Texas, includes utility-scale solar power plants as well as local distributed generation, mostly from...

The Order of the Solar Temple (French: Ordre du Temple solaire, OTS), or simply the Solar Temple, was a new religious movement and secret society, often...

Solar Storms is a novel that was written by Linda Hogan and published by Scribner in 1995. Schaumberg, NED (2019). "Living, Land-Broken Waters". Mosaic:...

stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services. The company was incorporated...

Solar sail spacecraft are spacecraft that use large reflective sails to obtain propulsion from the pressure of sunlight. Unlike conventional spacecraft...

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 5, 2029, with a magnitude of 0.8911. A solar eclipse occurs...

This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, September 12, 2034, with a magnitude of 0.9736. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar cycle 22 was the 22nd solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 9.9 years, beginning...

total energy, or 8.3 quads. Biomass (61.1%) Wind (17.8%) Hydro (10.5%) Solar (9.20%) Geothermal (1.40%) Renewable electricity sources in 2022. Renewables...

Solar power in Massachusetts has been increasing rapidly, due to Section 1603 grants for installations that began before December 31, 2011, and the sale...

Carlos Solar Barrios (born 22 November 1955) is a Chilean cardiac surgeon and politician. He served as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Council...

Solar powered flashlights (American English) or solar powered torches (British English) are flashlights powered by solar energy stored in rechargeable...

of solar energy systems. Accurate location-specific knowledge of sun path and climatic conditions is essential for economic decisions about solar collector...

In solar physics, an active region is a temporary feature in the Sun's atmosphere characterized by a strong and complex magnetic field. Active regions...

Squad Solar is a compact electric vehicle designed for urban use, classified as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). It features a rooftop solar panel...

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2044, with a magnitude of 1...

During the 19th century, there were 242 solar eclipses of which 87 were partial, 77 were annular, 63 were total and 15 were hybrids between total and...

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, August 21, 2036, with a magnitude of 0.8622. A solar eclipse occurs...

Solar cycle 24 is the most recently completed solar cycle, the 24th since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. It began in...

Several ancient Egyptian solar ships and boat pits were found in many ancient Egyptian sites. The most famous is the Khufu ship, which is now preserved...

Solar cycles are nearly periodic 11-year changes in the Sun's activity that are based on the number of sunspots present on the Sun's surface. The first...

electricity. Solar power can play a role in meeting this demand, as the country has abundant solar resources and a strong potential for solar energy generation...

atmosphere is far thicker and denser than that of any other rocky body in the Solar System. The atmosphere is composed mostly of carbon dioxide and has a thick...

In solar physics and observation, granules are convection cells in the Sun's photosphere. They are caused by currents of plasma in the Sun's convective...

to the present documents research and development in renewable energy, solar energy, and nuclear energy, particularly regarding energy production that...

The solar storms of August 1972 were a historically powerful series of solar storms with intense to extreme solar flare, solar particle event, and geomagnetic...

The Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS/SPD) or (AAS-SPD), often referred to as simply the "Solar Physics Division" (SPD)...

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, with a magnitude of 1.07991. A solar eclipse occurs...

Sun as viewed from a narrow region on the surface of Earth and cause a solar eclipse. At full moon, when the Moon is in opposition to the Sun, the Moon...

Martín Solar Ruiz (born 30 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primera Federación club Mérida. Born...

Solar urticaria (SU) is a rare condition in which exposure to ultraviolet or UV radiation, or sometimes even visible light, induces a case of urticaria...

between a civilisation's dating system and the physical properties of the Solar System can be avoided. An astronomical year lasts slightly less than 3651⁄4 days...

solar rickshaw is a vehicle, usually three-wheeled, driven by an electric motor and powered either by solar panels or by a battery charged by solar panels...

This is a list of selected solar eclipses from antiquity, in particular those with historical significance. Eclipses on this list were not only recorded...

Karol Poziemski (born 29 October 1989), better known as Solar, Słoneczny Solar, and Bogaty Ziomek Tomba is a Polish rapper, freestyler. He is a two-time...

Stella Lux, Stella Vie and Stella Era are a series of solar racing family cars, built for the World Solar Challenge in Australia, sofar winning its Cruiser...

sources, but it is looking to expand the role of solar power in its energy mix. The average global solar radiation in Nepal varies from 3.6 to 6.2 kWh/m2/day...

Solar power in Pennsylvania currently provides less than 1% of the state's electricity, but there are many policies in place to regulate and incentivize...

producer of solar cells in 2019, with shipments totaling 7.3 gigawatts. On 23 July 2001, the company produced its first working polycrystalline solar cell on...

The Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) consists of a network of six remote solar observatories monitoring low-degree solar oscillation modes...

The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization advocating for renewable energy in the United States. Founded in 1954...

Solar power in South Africa includes photovoltaics (PV) as well as concentrated solar power (CSP). As of July 2024, South Africa had 2,287 MW of installed...

A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 3, 2032, with a magnitude of 0.8554. A solar eclipse occurs...

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about...

when it is solar noon in London, it is about 10 minutes before solar noon in Bristol, which is about 2.5 degrees to the west. Local solar time has been...

An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, June 21, 2039, with a magnitude of 0.9454. A solar eclipse occurs...

The Solar Shade Control Act was passed by the California state legislature and signed by Governor Jerry Brown in 1978 to give solar collectors access...

the solar wind) or a nearby star. Planets having active magnetospheres, like the Earth, are capable of mitigating or blocking the effects of solar radiation...

A plasmonic-enhanced solar cell, commonly referred to simply as plasmonic solar cell, is a type of solar cell (including thin-film or wafer-based cells)...

4.1 years.[better source needed] In 2021, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems calculated an energy payback time of around 1 year for European...