Wikijunior:How Things Work/Solar panel

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A solar panel converts the power of the sun into either light (a photovoltaic panel) or heat (a solar panel).

Contents 1 Who invented it? 2 How does it get power? 3 How does it work? 4 How dangerous is it? 5 What does it do? 6 How does it vary? 7 How has it changed the world? 8 What idea(s) and/or inventions had to be developed before it could be created? 9 References

[edit] Who invented it?

[edit] How does it get power?

Solar panels get their power from the sun. That is why they are called 'solar' panels, solar means sun in Latin.

[edit] How does it work?

[edit] How dangerous is it?

[edit] What does it do?

[edit] How does it vary?

[edit] How has it changed the world?

[edit] What idea(s) and/or inventions had to be developed before it could be created?

[edit] References