{"id":200760,"date":"2010-01-19T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/solar-shading-is-technologys-weakest-link-and-costly-too-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-19T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:12:24","slug":"how-just-a-little-bit-of-shade-can-make-solar-panels-completely-worthless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/200760","title":{"rendered":"How Just A Little Bit Of Shade Can Make Solar Panels Completely Worthless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shaded solar panels obviously produce less power than unshaded ones, but most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/shell-turning-its-back-on-solar-customers-2010-1\">consumers<\/a> are unaware that just a small shadow on a huge surface area of panels can recude photovoltiac module power by 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on how much shade a collection of panels regular sees, this can make having solar power cost more money than it saves.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/solarfeeds.com\/heliopower\/10720-the-ravages-of-solar-shading\">SolarFeeds.com<\/a> points out, 95% of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/water-use-by-solar-projects-intensifies-2009-10\">solar systems<\/a> installed today use &#8220;String Inverters,&#8221; which make having one shaded solar panel akin to having a dead battery in an electric gadget that requires more than one.<\/p>\n<p>The figure below diagrams just how much a little shade can take away from a bed of panels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/solarfeeds.com\/heliopower\/10720-the-ravages-of-solar-shading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b55f2280000000000c15631\/solar-diagram.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Solar Diagram\" \/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/solarfeeds.com\/heliopower\/10720-the-ravages-of-solar-shading\">Continue reading here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/solar-shading-is-technologys-weakest-link-and-costly-too-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/water-use-by-solar-projects-intensifies-2009-10\">Solar Projects Are Going To Need Plenty Of Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/solar-stocks-surging-in-first-two-weeks-of-2010-2010-1\">Solar Stocks Are On Fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/shell-turning-its-back-on-solar-customers-2010-1\">Shell Turns Its Back On Solar Customers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3cuxc4JCDL3P-x-JyVi_q-O737A\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3cuxc4JCDL3P-x-JyVi_q-O737A\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3cuxc4JCDL3P-x-JyVi_q-O737A\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3cuxc4JCDL3P-x-JyVi_q-O737A\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=hgSX1bIs5NI:7baPNoGKq9c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/hgSX1bIs5NI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaded solar panels obviously produce less power than unshaded ones, but most consumers are unaware that just a small shadow on a huge surface area of panels can recude photovoltiac module power by 50%. 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