Solar Panels On West Facing Roof

The diagram shows how the sun passes over a house with solar panels on the south and west facing roof surfaces.

Solar panels on west facing roof.

Can solar panels be fitted if your roof is east west facing. I would be grateful for any thoughts suggestions on the direction to face solar panels. We are looking at installing a 5kw system lg neon 2 panels and fornius inverter on a double storey house and had initially thought of splitting the panels between our north east and west facing roofs so that we got production over most of the day 8 panels north 4 east and 4 west. You either accept that your output will be down to the sort of levels in the table above or you spend a little more money and try to maximise the your output with technology.

That captures the most solar energy over the course of the day which benefits the homeowner but. The sun rises at 5 52 am and begins directly shining on the south facing panels at 8 15. For years homeowners who bought solar panels were advised to mount them on the roof facing south. Let s walk you through an average day august 6th to be exact.

However the economics of installing solar panels on a roof that does not face the south still usually stack up for the homeowner. Panels mounted on a standard pitch roof facing east or west will produce approximately 15 less output than panels mounted on a south facing roof of a standard pitch.