Vertical Solar Panels Are Out Standing
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um, yes, do the opposite.
There’s different kinds of bifacial panels out there. Many of them actually have a front and a back side, and the front is a little bit more efficient than the back.
It mentions at the end that tracking the sun is the best way to capture the sun, which is true, but as panel costs fall as a proportion of the system cost there is a general move to reduce other costs like complicated tracking and simply buy more panels with the money saved.