solar panel

noun

: a battery of solar cells (as on a rooftop)

Examples of solar panel in a Sentence

All of the house's electricity is produced by solar panels on the roof.
Recent Examples on the Web There are some charity groups helping to install solar panels in Cap-Haïtien, but most of the work is done by private companies like Desir's. Eyder Peralta, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024 Last June, her group raised more than $5,300 so that a small mosque in the city of Yogyakarta could install solar panels. Sui-Lee Wee Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024 Cosmopolitan’s Ivan Salas Jefferson says his company has taken full advantage of the progression in electrical propulsion and solar panels, as well as the materials. J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024 The solar panel project is the latest sustainability effort from the college, which aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2038. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024 This solar generator comes with a foldout solar panel that can quickly charge the generator. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024 The batteries will help Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric keep the lights on after dark, when solar panels stop generating. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024 While solar panels don’t pump out greenhouse gases or worsen air quality for nearby residents like fossil fuel power plants do, solar comes with its own challenges. Justine Calma, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024 Chinese government subsidies and other policy support have encouraged solar panel and EV makers in China to invest in factories, building far more production capacity than the domestic market can absorb. Fatima Hussein and Ken Moritsugu, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of solar panel was in 1961

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“Solar panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20panel. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

solar panel

noun
: a group of solar cells forming a flat surface (as on a spacecraft)
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