New Orleans pal producing silent generator (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
solar panel
'silent generator' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'new orleans pal' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'orleans'+'pal'='orleanspal'
'orleanspal' anagrammed gives 'SOLAR PANEL'.
'producing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for solar panel that I've seen before include "Device to harness energy from the sun" , "one catches rays" , "for supply of energy" , "Convertor of sunlight to energy" , "Sunlight converter" .)