Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy or electrical energy for use in industry, and in the residential and commercial sectors.
Santa Maria, CA. Sponsored Topics. Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria's population in the 2010 census of 99,553, confirmed what had been known, that it had surpassed that of Santa Barbara (the county seat), making it the largest city in the county.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Santa Maria typically varies from 41Â°F to 75Â°F and is rarely below 32Â°F or above 87Â°F. The warm season lasts for 123 days, from June 24 to October 25, with an average daily high temperature above 73Â°F.