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Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?

  • Written by Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?Installing solar panels on a roof.Shutterstock/lalanta71

How do solar panels work? – Nathan, age 5, Melbourne, Australia.


Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?


The Sun produces a lot of energy called solar energy. Australia gets 20,000 times more energy from the Sun each day than we do from oil, gas and coal. This solar energy will continue for as long as the Sun lives, which is...

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