Solar Panels On Side Of House

If the front of your home faces south and you are concerned about maximizing performance you should strongly consider placing solar panels on the front.

Solar panels on side of house.

The roof mount would put the sun at about a 40 75 degree angle to the panels surface based upon time of year. At least not with the current stage of solar photovoltaic technology. Outside of tou the biggest factors that influence the direction of your solar panels are shading and other obstructions that impact the panel s exposure to light. In one instance that caught our eyes new york installer quixotic systems built a 37 kw array on the side of urban health plan s simpson pavilion.

Every home is unique and it s best to speak with an expert in solar to understand where solar panels should be placed on your roof. Solar panels perform best when placed on the south side of your home or some degree to the east of west of due south depending on the type of solar panel used. Except in very select cases solar panels generate reasonable power only if they are oriented in a direction that faces the sun ideally the solar panels should be in a direction perpendicular to the sunlight. According to the concord consortium makers of energy3d solar energy modeling software a home in boston ma with panels that face west would get 80 of the electricity that a house with south facing panels would.

Installing solar on the side of a building is rarely the first choice for solar developers but sometimes the customer prefers a wall mounted array.