Once solar panels collect solar energy, where does it go/where is it stored?

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Once solar panels collect solar energy, where does it go/where is it stored?

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So, a solar panel is a machine for making a voltage potential, kind of like how the chemistry in a battery works. The potential doesn’t do any work until it’s given a load. Ie, a solar panel doest actually make any electricity until its connected to something to use that electricity.

Technically it makes a tiny bit of electricity, because it stores a small amount of energy through capacitance, and charging that is a load, but, don’t worry about that. It’s basically zero