solar panel

American  

noun

1. a bank of solar cells.

---

solar panel British  

noun

1. a panel exposed to radiation from the sun, used to heat water or, when mounted with solar cells, to produce electricity direct, esp for powering instruments in satellites

---

Example Sentences

The savings they make from substituting from diesel can pay for the roughly $60 cost of a 420-watt solar panel in three months, down from six months before the war, Ember analysis shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

China’s solar panel exports doubled in March, jumping from 16.6 gigawatts to 31.7 gigawatts, driven by global shifts to renewables.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Keith Wright, from Buckland Newton, Dorset, worked on scientific instruments at Kennedy Space Center, and even etched a Union flag onto a solar panel which remained on the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In 1995, a real Japanese satellite deployed a solar panel that had been Miura-folded.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

A solar panel gleamed like shadowy obsidian atop a tall metal pipe that reached beyond the canopy of broad leaves.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young