Featured in Automation in motion – 05-2010

On an east-west course

Solar panel orientation: Roofs that face towards south present ideal surfaces for photovoltaic installations. Yet with the decline in the prices for solar systems, more and more plants are being built on roofs that face towards east and west.

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pv magazine

17 Sep 2010

Lutz Rabe is an organic farmer in Körzin, Germany about thirty kilometers south of Berlin, and, for almost a year now, an energy cultivator as well. His PV modules, with an output of 27.8 kilowatts peak, are distributed over two roof halves. The one side looks towards east, and the other one towards west. Of …

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