definiton solar energy

Solar energy (natural not solar panels) is the fraction of electromagnetic energy from the sun that reaches the surface of the earth, after filtering by the earth's atmosphere.
On Earth, solar energy is at the origin of the cycle of water, wind and photosynthesis carried out by the vegetable kingdom, on which the animal kingdom depends via food chains. The Sun is the source of most of the energies on Earth except for nuclear energy and deep geothermal energy, 1.
Energy sources derived indirectly from solar energy include: hydraulic energy, derived from the kinetic energy of water whose cycle depends on the Sun, tidal energy derived mainly from the effect of Gravitation of the Moon and more weakly than that of the Sun and dependent on other parameters such as the geography of the coastsb. There is also the wind energy derived from the kinetic energy of the wind linked to the heating and evaporation of the water, generated by the Sun, the rotation of the Earth and the Coriolis effect, Hydro energy and wave energy related to movements of oceans and watercourses, wood energy and biomass energy, and very low temperature geothermal energy from superficial layers of soil heated by the Sun. We can add the fossil energies from organic materials created by photosynthesis (coal, oil, natural gas ...) to which is added the biochemical energy of living organic matter.
This article deals with the energy produced by man by capturing the radiation emitted by the Sun, mainly in electrical or thermal form. It is one of the main forms of renewable energies.

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