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\n\tProfessor<\/span> Gottshalg<\/span> warns<\/span> that Britain<\/span> should follow<\/span> Germany's<\/span> recent policy<\/span> of<\/span> installing<\/span> solar panels<\/span> on roofs<\/span> oriented<\/span> east-west<\/span> to streamline<\/span> power<\/span> during the day.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tConventional wisdom<\/span> claims<\/span> that the<\/span> northern hemisphere<\/span> solar panels<\/span> are<\/span> facing south<\/span> so<\/span> as to obtain<\/span> the largest exposure<\/span> to the sun.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tArchitects<\/span> and installers<\/span>,<\/span> as a rule,<\/span> always use<\/span> this approach<\/span>, especially<\/span> when installing<\/span> residential solar<\/span> systems<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tIn November<\/span>,<\/span> U.S. researchers<\/span> warned that the<\/span> panels<\/span> facing<\/span> west<\/span> might<\/span> actually get<\/span> more energy<\/span> from the sun.<\/span> The study was conducted<\/span> by the Research Institute<\/span> Pecan<\/span> Street<\/span> and<\/span> houses<\/span> covered<\/span> with<\/span> solar panels in<\/span> Austin<\/span>, Texas<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \tScientists have<\/span> found that<\/span> homeowners with<\/span> PV systems<\/span> were<\/span> daily<\/span> facing the west<\/span> side<\/span> of<\/span> more electricity<\/span>.<\/span> Also, these<\/span> systems have<\/span> generated<\/span> more electricity<\/span> in the afternoon,<\/span> when<\/span> the need for<\/span> energy<\/span> is higher.<\/span> Although<\/span> the increase was<\/span> relatively small<\/span> –<\/span> just<\/span> two percent<\/span> –<\/span> experts say<\/span> that<\/span> over<\/span> the years,<\/span> this value will<\/span> be higher.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \tProfessor<\/span> Michael<\/span> Wall<\/span> at Loughborough University<\/span> said<\/span>:<\/span> "<\/span>There are<\/span> 500,000<\/span> solar installations<\/span> in the UK<\/span>,<\/span> facing south<\/span>.<\/span> To maximize<\/span> the amount of energy<\/span> produced by these<\/span> panels,<\/span> south orientation<\/span> is correct.<\/span> "<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tWall<\/span> adds that<\/span> it<\/span> loses about<\/span> 10% of the<\/span> power,<\/span> if<\/span> the panels are<\/span> oriented<\/span> east-<\/span>west<\/span>, but the<\/span> problem<\/span> exists in<\/span> Germany, where<\/span>,<\/span> because<\/span> most systems<\/span> are facing south<\/span>,<\/span> the peak power<\/span> is obtained<\/span> at noon<\/span> and<\/span> grid<\/span> barely<\/span> cope<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t"<\/span>So<\/span>,<\/span> in Germany<\/span> people are advised<\/span> to install the<\/span> panels<\/span> on<\/span> east-west direction<\/span>, so<\/span> as to<\/span> pave the<\/span> power<\/span> of<\/span> these<\/span> solar panels.<\/span> However<\/span>, it would not<\/span> make sense<\/span> for people to<\/span> change their<\/span> solar panels<\/span>,<\/span> if they were<\/span> already<\/span> instalate.În<\/span> total,<\/span> we have<\/span> 2.8<\/span> gigawatts<\/span> of solar energy<\/span> in the UK,<\/span> but<\/span> Germany<\/span> is nearing 20<\/span> gigawatts<\/span>.<\/span> "<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t5 reasons why you can become an Add-Energy Renewable Romania PARTNER<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tTo register your Company as ADD ENERGY PARTNER , please access \n\tFor other informations click to Solar energy industry is urged to review its approach to installing solar panels after one of the UK's leading experts, Professor Ralph Gottshalg at Loughborough University, said, quoted by the Telegraph, that too many solar panels are looking in the wrong direction. 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