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Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side (techxplore.com)

submitted 1 month ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I thought it would be the opposite. As you move north, the crops get more sun because the sun is farther to the south whereas closer to the equator it’s mostly due east to due west so the crops would get shaded more by the panels. But my handle on geometry is poor.

[–] RickRussell_CA@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

one vertical, east-west-facing system

Oh, the panels are running in lines N-S, and they've got a 2-sided arrangement that faces east and west. Yeah I didn't quite get the geometry either.