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title: "Facts about solar panel"  
description: "A brief explanation of the solar panel and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2828/facts-about-solar-panel  
category: "science and technology"  
tags: ["solar panel", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts about solar panel

![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/80a1db88-b885-464f-b79b-5bd9e02986d7.jpeg) ![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/27f62be1-7626-47c3-a3c8-3a56a636fd7a.jpeg) Solar panels were initially developed in the nineteenth century. ![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/1ffd87a8-687d-4701-b43e-edc5ba602439.jpeg) Moreover, they were not practicable for commercial usage until the 1970s. ![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/d37f1ae2-9746-452b-a5d9-42c80d558537.jpeg) In 1981, the first solar-powered automobile was developed. ![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/bb7ad0f7-7d3a-4670-b151-05e3856419af.jpeg) China houses the world's largest solar power plant and has a capacity of more than 2 gigatonnes, enough to power over 1 million homes. ![Facts about solar panel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e0dc0d7c-bb65-4380-9135-2a14ba02f7e3/images/7e40e2f3-7624-4b9f-b7bd-0029dbe7c615.jpeg) Solar panels are used to power everything from homes and businesses to spaceships and satellites.

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