How to Use solar panel in a Sentence

solar panel

noun
  • All of the house's electricity is produced by solar panels on the roof.
  • Just place the solar panel in the sun to charge the lights.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
  • On the fourth try, the drone located a body in a solar panel field west of the crash.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The batteries charge during the day from both the solar panels and the grid.
    WIRED, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The roof of the home is also covered with solar panels.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
  • It can be charged from the wall, which takes about 15 hours, or from solar panels.
    Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • It’s also equipped with a ground source heat pump and solar panels on the roof.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The solar panel is affixed to the top and the light attaches to your home through screws.
    Hannah Jones, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2022
  • There is a large solar panel in front, which could recharge the battery.
    Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 6 July 2020
  • With the solar panels on the roof, the battery’s charge can last longer during sunny days on the greens.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
  • And yes, every solar panel that gets installed on a rooftop, rather than in the desert.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The final step is to clip the solar panel to your patio, or stake the panel into the grass.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
  • This set is comprised of 12 lights attached to a 27-foot-long cord, which has a solar panel on the end.
    Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022
  • The oversized solar panel provides up to 10 hours of run time with a full day’s charge.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 May 2022
  • The engineers have dropped the price of a solar panel or a wind turbine 90 percent in the last decade.
    CBS News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The solar panel charging each alert station could serve for a car or a house.
    Delphine Schrank, The New York Review of Books, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The Ioniq 5 will also have a solar panel roof to help keep the battery topped up.
    Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Not to mention the solar panels on the parking garage and free public transit to games.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the value in the solar panels comes in the form of silver used for wiring and the high-purity silicon of the cells.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • First Solar, a solar panel maker that happens to sit in the tech group.
    Lauren Pollock, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
  • In addition to the solar panels, the Clearys also have two low-speed wind turbines on the roof.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The lights are powered by a solar panel set at the top of the steel pole, which is powder-coated to prevent rust.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
  • The band on top hides a 1-inch-by-11-inch solar panel that charges the internal battery.
    Dallas News, 28 July 2022
  • On the shopping list: a sink, a faucet, a motherboard, a solar panel, a sensor, and an alarm.
    Zaina Adamu, CNN, 9 May 2020
  • The solar panel is guaranteed to withstand wind speeds of up to 120 mph.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Will the eclipse cause problems for people with solar panels?
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Once anchored in place, the solar panel was designed to roll out like a red carpet.
    Fox News, 17 June 2021
  • 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
  • Notable standard features include two solar panels and a 127-amp hour lithium battery, USB charge ports throughout, a dinette that converts to a bed for sleeping up to four people, and more.
    Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Powered by three solar panels, the spacecraft was designed to stick the landing with shock-absorbing feet, a low center of mass and a wide footprint, according to Firefly Aerospace.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'solar panel.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: