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
  • 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
  • The solar panel is affixed to the top and the light attaches to your home through screws.
    Hannah Jones, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Will the eclipse cause problems for people with solar panels?
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 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
  • The house has two gas fire pits, high-end appliances and Tesla solar panels.
    Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The solar panel is discreetly attached to the top of the modern white fixture, which can be pole- or wall-mounted.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The back of the vehicle is fitted with a solar panel that can absorb up to 1,840 watts of clean energy.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2022
  • To top it off, the cat sports just over 1,600 square feet of solar panels that generate more energy for the hotel load.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
  • In the past two years, the growth in the deployment of solar panels has been fast enough to align with the rate envisaged in the IEA’s pathway to net zero emissions by 2050.
    Fatih Birol, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • Some would be secured by stock that Musk owns in Tesla, the electric car and solar panel maker.
    Tom Krisher, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
  • There is no perfect method for protecting solar panels from hail, but there are ways to reduce the risk.
    Dan Gearino, WIRED, 29 June 2024
  • The bite-size rovers, less than an inch tall and each weighing next to two ounces, are shaped like flattened rings encircling two wheels and a solar panel.
    Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The absence of amplifiers to boost the signal means that an RIS node can be powered with just a battery and a small solar panel.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Blue tents over here, smaller green ones over there, and tan ones in the middle that each have a small solar panel about the size of a political lawn sign.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • The funds paid for construction, installation of the solar panels and the future creation of a park.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
  • Wiseman is no longer confident of how many miles of canal, if any, the utility can cover with solar panels.
    ProPublica, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The Golden House gets power from a standard RV-style hookup but if required can be upgraded with a full off-the-grid setup including solar panels.
    New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024

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