[Greenbuilding] PV Tracking ~ Fibonacci?

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Mon Aug 22 12:03:20 CDT 2011


On 8/22/2011 11:25 AM, Clarke Olsen wrote:
> Yes, and the panels would be arranged in an arc convex to the sun: the panel facing southeast is on the west side of the center (south facing),
> and the southwest panel is on the east side. That way, light bouncing off one panel should hit its neighbor.

Unlikely.  Light bouncing off of one panel is only going to hit another 
panel for a few minutes a day.  And it would really need to hit all of 
it, or the rest of the panel is effectively shaded.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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