This Picture From SOLARNETENERGY.NET shows how the sun energy works from solar panels
What Happens To the Sun's Energy?
The suns energy is the light and heat of all life on earth. Sunlight helps plant life with
photosynthesis, which help animals survive by eating plants. Also almost all microscopic
forms of life bacteria, protozoa and much more survive by using the energy of
sunlight.The sun's energy can also be used to provide energy for solar panels, which give light to homes.
A lot of the sun's energy is reflected back to space or absorbed into earth's atmosphere.