Do Trees Affect Solar Panels

As the number of residential solar panel installations increase there is going to be a greater problem from over shadowing or shading from trees and other obstacles.

Do trees affect solar panels.

Shade from features in the immediate surroundings of your home can greatly affect the level of solar radiation reaching your panels. Perhaps most obviously trees near your solar array can cause shading issues. 8msolar engineers can calculate and advise on this shading effect prior to system installation. Trees in particular will cause a problem as even partial shading on some solar arrays can significantly reduce their ability to generate electricity.

If anything there might be an improvement in terms of reduced cooling load as solar panels have been shown to have that effect. When removing trees is good for the environment. In addition to trees solar panels can actually be shaded by other nearby panels. If the shade from the trees goes away but solar panels are installed the new panels then shade the roof.

Depending on the panel setup. Trees and buildings or other landscape features such as hills can block incoming radiation and cast a shadow reducing the usable solar radiation. How do trees and shading affect solar panel power production 8msolar.