Solar panels for roofs, balconies, lawns all exist.

But why hasn’t solar panel blinds and curtains taken off?

To me it seems really good for people who live in apartments and want to get more juice from the windows.

  • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Vertical surfaces are not nearly as effective for the majority of cases in capturing solar radiation.

    I will say, I’ve seen compelling evidence for vertical bifacial panels. In east-west facing configurations, they generate more power when demand is greater and regular panels produce little power. They also stay cooler, so they operate more efficiently. I think it’s often more cost and space efficient to have more panels installed flat to something than fewer panels installed at the theoretically best angle.