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When and how do solar panels work?

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Solar panels work hard all day producing electricity from the sun. A solar panel works by allowing photons, or particles of light, to knock electrons free from atoms, generating a flow of electricity.
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Basic Steps in Solar Energy Generation and Transmission

Sunlight hits the solar panels, and creates an electric field

The electricity generated flows to the edge of the panel, and into a conductive wire

The conductive wire brings the electricity to the inverter, where it is transformed from DC electricity to AC, which is used to power buildings

Another wire transports the AC electricity from the inverter to the electric panel on the property (also called a breaker box), which distributes the electricity throughout the building as needed

Any electricity not needed upon generation flows through the utility meter and into the utility electrical grid. As the electricity flows through the meter, it causes the meter to run backwards, crediting your property for excess generation

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solar panels are used to collect the energy from the sun and transfer it to electricity. these solar panels are mostly used in the summer season to collect and store the energy from the sun and later they will be used in all other seasons. currently, solar panels are using in large-scale industries but in the future solar panels will become more popular because the energy was occurring from nature.
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Solar panels are made up of many solar cells. Solar cells are made of silicon, like semiconductors. They are constructed with a positive layer and a negative layer, which together create an electric field, just like in a battery.

When photons hit a solar cell, they knock electrons loose from their atoms. If conductors are attached to the positive and negative sides of a cell, it forms an electrical circuit. When electrons flow through such a circuit, they generate electricity. Multiple cells make up a solar panel, and multiple panels (modules) can be wired together to form a solar array. The more panels you can deploy, the more energy you can expect to generate.
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Solar panels work by converting sunlight into electricity through the photovoltaic effect. They generate the most electricity on sunny days, but can still produce energy on cloudy days. The electricity produced can be used immediately or stored in batteries for later use.
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During daytime when the sunshine onto the solar panel , energy from the sunlight is absorb by pv cell I the panel . This energy create electrical charges that move in response to international electrical field in the cell causing electric to flow. 
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Solar panels work by conversion of energy into marketable energy. The solar panels are placed in an exposed area on the Earth's surface. The Earth's atmosphere creates a special type of pressure that sun louvers close and the energy is used to spin the arms of a spinning top. This creates a flow of energy through the top of the top that send the current to the cells in the lower part of the sun's atmosphere. The cells in the lower part of the atmosphere store the energy and start to convert it into direct sun energy in the future.
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You're likely most familiar with PV, which is utilized in solar panels. When the sun shines onto a solar panel, energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the PV cells in the panel. This energy creates electrical charges that move in response to an internal electrical field in the cell, causing electricity to flow.
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