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Solar water heating (SWH) is the conversion of sunlight into heat for water heating using a solar thermal collector.

A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to provide solutions in different climates and latitudes.

SWHs are widely used for residential and some industrial applications.

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun.

This plasma consists of mostly electrons, protons and alpha particles with thermal energies between 1.5 and 10 keV.

Embedded within the solar-wind plasma is the interplanetary magnetic field.

The solar wind varies in density, temperature and speed over time and over solar latitude and longitude.

Its particles can escape the Sun's gravity because of their high energy resulting from the high temperature of the corona, which in turn is a result of the coronal magnetic field.

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation, air and water heating/cooling, transportation, and rural (off-grid) energy services.

Biomass is an industry term for getting energy by burning wood, and other organic matter.

Burning biomass releases carbon emissions, around a quarter higher than burning coal, but has been classed as a "renewable" energy source in the EU and UN legal frameworks, because plants can be regrown.

It has become popular among coal power stations, which switch from coal to biomass to comply with the law.

Biomass most often refers to plants or plant-based materials that are not used for food or feed, and are specifically called lignocellulosic biomass.

As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly via combustion to produce heat, or indirectly after converting it to various forms of biofuel.

Conversion of biomass to biofuel can be achieved by different methods which are broadly classified into: thermal, chemical, and biochemical methods.

The Thermal wind is wind that varies with height due to a balance between the Coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere.

It is the primary physical mechanism for the jet stream and plays an important role in other large-scale atmospheric phenomena.

The thermal wind ensures the jet stream is typically strongest in the upper half of the troposphere, which is the atmospheric layer extending from the surface of the planet up to a height of 12 km to 15 km.