{"id":4168,"date":"2023-03-22T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astraenergy.noordev.se\/articles\/how-do-solar-panels-work\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:33:09","slug":"how-do-solar-panels-work","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/alstraenergy.se\/en\/articles\/how-do-solar-panels-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How do solar panels work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-section nb-section bg-light-green pt-64 pt-md-96 pb-64 pb-md-32 pb-lg-96\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-container nb-container container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column  col-lg-2 col-12\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column  col-lg-8 col-12\">\n<p class=\"mb-32 mb-md-16 mb-lg-0\">Solar panels are made of solar cells that consist of wafers of semiconductor material, usually silicon. 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