pvperfsolar performance modeling

Reference

API field

Model row-to-row shading

Master switch for the shading of one row by the next

What it is

Switches the row-to-row shading on or off. Off removes the beam shading, the electrical effect and the masking of the sky and the ground together. Rooftop racking has no rows and forces it off.

Typical values and how to get it

Leave it on for rows and trackers. Switch it off to see how much the row-to-row shading costs.

References

  1. Appelbaum & Bany 1979, Shadow effect of adjacent solar collectors in large scale systems, Solar Energy 23(6) 497–507

API

array.inter_row_shading