If the power grid goes down, do houses with rooftop solar panels still have power?

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How long will solar panels provide power if the grid is down? Does the average home solar panel setup have the ability to store energy? School me on home solar panels, and their useage in an emergency situation.

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Houses with solar panels, depending on how many, are able to use them during the day to supply a lot of their electricity. Most, I believe, don’t need grid power at all during a sunny day. There isn’t a way, at least not yet, for that power to be stored in order to use later though, so they still require grid power at night or when it’s too cloudy.

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