太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん)

太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん) is a compound noun combining 太陽光(たいようこう) (sunlight) + 発電(はつでん) (power generation), referring to the technology of converting sunlight into electricity.

Compounds

• 太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん)パネル/ソーラーパネル (solar panels)
• 太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん)システム (solar power system)
• 太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん)設備(せつび) (solar power equipment)
• 住宅用(じゅうたくよう)太陽光発電(たいようこうはつでん) (residential solar power)
• メガソーラー (large-scale solar power plant)

JAPAN'S solar energy

• Feed-in tariff (固定価格買取制度(こていかかくかいとりせいど)) introduced in 2012 boosted solar adoption
• Common on residential rooftops and industrial sites
• Growing after 2011 Fukushima disaster shifted energy policy

Related words

• 再生可能(さいせいかのう)エネルギー (renewable energy)
• 風力発電(ふうりょくはつでん) (wind power generation)
• 売電(ばいでん) (selling electricity back to the grid)
• 蓄電池(ちくでんち) (storage battery)

Forms

Often shortened to 太陽光(たいようこう) in casual contexts.

Register: Neutral. Standard technical and environmental vocabulary.