When the sun sets, solar panels’ abilities to gather and deploy solar energy is depleted until it rises the next morning. Similarly, cloud cover can harm homeowners and businesses that rely on solar energy and panels as the sun is temporarily. Solar energy is electromagnetic radiation (light) emitted by the sun and subsequently captured by solar energy technologies — solar panels, for example — and transformed into useful energy to power everything from air conditioners to automobiles. Solar batteries would allow consumers and businesses to collect and store solar energy during the day when the sun is high and solar energy is plentiful. There have been 1.5 million solar installations, all while the price of solar dropped by 53% from 2012 to 2022.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 20, 2022 17:43 UTC