What about snow, your panels don’t work in the winter, do they?
Many people we have met have asked the question: What about snow, your panels don’t work in the winter, do they?
Let’s have a quick look at the situation right now:
Bergen 13 March 2023: 5 cm snow on the ground: Pilot installation from Over Easy Solar: Producing! ✅
Oslo 13 March 2023: 15 cm snow on the ground: Pilot installation from Over Easy Solar: Producing! ✅
Sundvolden 13 March 2023: 70 cm snow on the ground: Pilot installation from Over Easy Solar: Producing! ✅
Tromsø 13 March 2023: 125 cm snow on the ground: Pilot installation from Over Easy Solar: Producing! ✅
You might ask – how is it possible to produce solar energy from an installation that is 25 cm high when there is more than a meter of snow on the ground? The answers are related to wind patterns and snow melting dynamics, and even after this snow-rich winter in Norway, we have seen only a handful of days where our solar panels have been completely covered in snow. And no cheating, we have not been removing the snow by hand!
The other important benefit of vertical solar panels and snow is that the snow load will not affect the solar panels. This is actually a common problem for conventional solar installations for flat roofs, the snow load can bring microcracks and in the worst case break the glass of the solar panels, and even provoke damage the roofing membrane and insulation of the rooftop.
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