Have we been mounting solar panels wrong all along? Do vertical bifacial solar panels perform better than South facing panels? Here's the first round of winter results.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:32 Vertical Bifacial Sunny Performance
06:16 Vertical Bifacial + South Combined
06:53 Vertical Bifacial Cloudy Performance
07:27 Vertical Bifacial Cloudy + Snow Performance
08:39 Vertical Bifacial Sunny + Snow Performance
10:19 Vertical Bifacial Snow Coverd Panels
11:25 Vertical Bifacial Performance Summary
12:05 Vertical Bifacial January Result
12:26 Summary