Solar Panel Installation: Optimum Positioning

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Solar Panel Installation Optimum Positioning

• Solar panels require sunlight in order to work.
  Modern panels are extremely efficient and can
  still generate electricity even on a cloudy day.
  However, to get the most from your solar panels
  requires exposing them to the greatest amount of
  sunlight. The equation is simple sunlight in
  electricity out.
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• It is important, therefore, that installers place
  the solar panels in an optimal position. Here,
  were going to explore the best place for
  installing solar panels.
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• The advice in this article is relevant to all
  types of solar panel photovoltaic and thermal.

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Solar Panel Installation
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The Direction Makes a Difference

• You need to place your solar panels so that they
  receive the greatest amount of sunlight. In the
  northern hemisphere, the optimal direction is for
  the solar panels to lie south facing. Solar
  panels roof work best when mounted on a
  south-facing roof. However, this is clearly not
  possible in all cases. The next best solar panels
  roof position is therefore southeast facing or
  south-west facing.
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• North facing roofs are the most inefficient in
  terms of capturing sufficient amounts of sunlight
  to create any volume of electricity worth
  measuring. If you have a north-facing roof, then
  you should consider for now, that solar panels
  are yet to be appropriateunless you have any
  south-facing land that you can take up with a
  solar panel. In the future, solar panels will
  become efficient to the degree that it wont much
  matter in which direction they face, but for now,
  it is better to stick to your usual energy supply
  if you dont have a south, southeast or southwest
  facing surface.

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The Placement of the Solar Panels Makes a
Difference

• It is best to install a solar panel in the
  highest possible place so that it is not
  overshadowed by any other type of structure, be
  that a tree, another roof, or any other type of
  obstruction. This is why it is most usual to see
  solar panels roof. Mounting the solar panel on
  the roof helps to ensure that it is not
  overshadowed by other things that can cast a
  shadow on the panel and consequently prevent the
  panel from generating as much electricity as it
  should.

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Is the Panel Fixed or Adjustable?

• You can buy different types of solar panel. Some
  are static. This means that they stay in the same
  place until you move them manually (you would
  need to remove and adjust the entire panel if you
  wanted to make any changes). Other panels are
  adjustable. These panels can be set to move
  around to adjust for the time of year some even
  adjust to the time of day, but these are very
  expensive and unlikely to be in use in a normal
  residential property.
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• There are set adjustments depending on the
  seasons. Your solar panel provider will be able
  to give you more details on the optimal
  adjustments. Some recommend tilting the solar
  panel differently for the different seasons,
  while others recommend making adjustments between
  summer and winter.

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• If you would like further information about
  correct positioning of solar panels roof, then
  please visit Contact Solar

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