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Rethinking solar panel geometry beyond the traditional rectangle can unlock significant energy potential by optimizing coverage on complex, irregular rooflines.

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Researchers Adeleye Adetunji, Julia Kiehle and Vinay Shekar at the rooftop laboratory. The roofs and walls of the Linnanmaa campus in Oulu, Finland have almost 900 solar panels. The performance of ...

Recent studies have shown that vertically-oriented solar PV panels could perform better than the more conventional tilted horizontal installations in some scenarios.

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