Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels
by Bombthecat on Saturday July 23, 2022 @05:53AM
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If 70 to 80 is enough in winter,I would assume that it is enough in summer?
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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels
by walrus01 on Saturday July 23, 2022 @06:21AM
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70-80 degree tilt will produce a lot more at latitude 45+ from Nov. 1st to end of February, but at the expense of much less production kWh per month during the rest of the year.
In an off grid totally battery reliant pv system such as for some telecom applications you design the PV for December, worst month of the year for kWh production. If it will "survive" December and provide enough for the load to run 24x7 then it'll be fine for the rest of the year. At high latitudes this cha mean a 75-80 degree tilt facing south.
Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels
by PeterisP on Saturday July 23, 2022 @04:06PM
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It depends on whether the price you're getting for that power is sufficiently different between winter and summer; because if your contract has a fixed price per kWh then optimizing for winter (which gets you a bit more power in winter, but a lot less power in summer - because in summer the "angle multiplier" gets applied to much more sunlight) is a bad decision.