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Solar power is produced by using a solar panel to collect sunlight which is then converted into electricity. Solar panels are large flat panels which are composed of photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic cell is responsible for converting the collected sunlight into electricity.
Solar power is not collected when the sun is not out, but the past energy collected, when the sun was out, is stored in batteries or passed directly to your electric companies electric grid.