It’s viable as edge of day high power boost in east/west direction, and simply any extra power that is cheap and easy to install, that adds privacy or keeps the controlled beings inside.
Solar panels as fences is what is needed.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Urban shade
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kinda works if you use bifacial panels.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Biracial panels as a fence provides 3% extra yield but 30% extra revenue
gridcog.com/…/solar-fence-vs-ground-mount-solar
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sure, but if you wanted solar panels to work on both sides of your East/West facing fence, you’d have to buy 100% more panels, so bifacial saves you 70% there. Seems like a good deal. I’m sure you read the “Model Overview” of that article and caught that the monofacial panels were facing the equator, and the bifacial panels were facing East/West…
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t think we are arguing. I was just giving you more details.