What is solar energy?

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Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis.

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Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy; "the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant".

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