How do we get energy from the sun

Question: How do we get energy from the sun
- Keywords:
  energy,
  sun
Asked by harry to Sarah, Masha, Mark, Dominique, Andrei on 14 Nov 2016.
- Mark Catherall answered on 14 Nov 2016:
  
  Well, it arrives in the form of photons, or electromagnetic radiation, depending on your preferred side of wave/particle duality. And almost all of it is converted into heat as it hits some inert matter on the sunny side of the Earth. Some of it falls on solar panels and generates electricity (by energising electrons) and some of it (quite a lot of it really) falls on green vegetation and is converted into stored chemical energy by plants.
- Sarah Hunt answered on 16 Nov 2016:
  
  Hi Harry, Mark’s answer is brilliant on this one.. you can also use giant mirrors to focus the suns thermal energy onto a working fluid to generate power. You need a really sunny wide open space (like a desert) for this one though!
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power

lil_remz commented on 16 Nov 2016:

first you can use solar panels to convert light into electrical energy

Question: How do we get energy from the sun