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Radiant energy is energy 'in motion', 'in transit', much like 'heat' and 'work'.

The energy that comes from the sun, does it as radiant energy. That energy can be

stored as energy, but is 'radiant energy' no more. Solar water heaters capture the

'thermal radiation' coming from the sun and store it as thermal energy in water. The

water molecules increase their translation, vibration and rotation energies which are

components of what's referred as 'thermal energy ' of a body. The hotter the water

gets (higher temperature), the more thermal energy it holds.

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