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  1. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    I like the 10lb truck analogy😂. I noticed how tight things can get on trail roads. Scrapey! With PV, Verticals have to be open on both sides for true functionality. And low lying sun has a crappy power level. So I'm not a fan of that. The @Keith Knight layout is really awesome imo and he...
  2. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    It's a natural landing point when you start down this path of due diligence. Solar hours are not reliable (weather) and solar irradiance is only about 1kw per square meter at sea level. So given a small rooftop area (even on a big truck), it's not enough to provide continuous kw demand by...
  3. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    As a vehicle You're combining a few annoying parameters that like to be fixed so it's impossible to "optimize". All fixed solar installs have to live with the azimuth and tilt selected, and the lat/Lon of the site, which we try to game. But As a mobile green-fighting-machine, you're changing...
  4. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    All Enginerring is application specific. This is a new twist that clearly has some applications tailored to it, so great. More options for more applications. There is no singular solution for all applications. The video says "Have we been doing it wrong?" well No, that's just click bait...
  5. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    Bifacials frequently deployed on white EDPM and similar commercial flat roofs due to the substantive indirect lighting effects. So if you can work that indirect lighting, it's beneficial to go bifacial. The vertical dynamic is more about benefits of lower temp. PV panels operate solely on the...
  6. MatthewWBailey

    Vertical Solar Panels

    No harm in testing it on a small scale
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