solar collector

noun

1. any of numerous devices or systems designed to capture and use solar radiation for heating air or water and for producing steam to generate electricity.

Example Sentences

She tells us the south-facing atrium acts as a solar collector with its large, glass windows.

From BBC

That means the solar collector must concentrate the Sun’s heat more effectively.

From Nature

“While the cost of a solar collector can be high, using the collector to heat other buildings at other times of the year makes it more cost-effective.”

From Forbes

You don’t have to build anything, you basically just throw a seed on the ground and your solar collector grows out of thin air.

From Scientific American

She told all this while sitting on a bench on a recent weekday, as Watson hoisted himself up a 120-foot ponderosa pine, a solar collector slung on his hip, to put in the last installation.

From Seattle Times