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’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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 wonky solar panel still hasn’t unfolded all the way, and engineers don’t yet know why.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021
  • If the weather is nice and sunny, the energy from Renea Hutchins Gene’s solar panel is enough to keep the lights on for about three days.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • That $891 billion law provides thousands of dollars for any household to switch to electric appliances like a heat pump, install solar panels, and buy an electric car.
    Matt Simon / Grist, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Cisterns held three thousand gallons of water; solar panels and batteries stored three weeks of power; dehydrated food was stacked high in a barn.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

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