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North South is exactly opposite of what you need, the sun is never north
by adammarples 1y ago
North South is exactly opposite of what you need, the sun is never north
- dylan604 1y agowhat if you're in the southern hemisphere?
- adammarples 1y agoGenuinely didn't even consider this XD
- Someone 1y agoThen, you’re a statistical outlier that can be ignored in the analysis :-) (Only about 12% of all humans live in the southern hemisphere)
- Dylan16807 1y agoThen North South is still the opposite of what you need.
- kgermino 1y agoI’m pretty sure they mean that the width of the panel is north-south so faces are due east or west
- gpm 1y agoI'm pretty sure by north-south they are talking about the direction the panel lies in, i.e. the faces point east/west. But even under your interpretation, you aren't always right. If you're far-ish north of the equator you want south facing panels (and the reverse) and if the cells are cheap enough it makes sense for those panels to be bifacial, with one side permanently facing away from the sun, to get a bit of extra energy from ambient light. Especially in winter when there is less sun (so energy is at a premium), and highly reflective snow resulting in a lot of ambient light.