west-facing solar panels Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:12:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Most Solar Panels Facing the Wrong Way, Experts Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-panels-facing-wrong-way-experts-say-20131120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-panels-facing-wrong-way-experts-say-20131120/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:12:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43726 According to a new study by the Pecan Street Research Institute, solar panels should point west instead of south, as previously believed. It’s long been thought that pointing solar panels south (for locations in the Northern Hemisphere) will lead to best performance and energy output, but it turns out that pointing them west is more […]

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