When we think of solar panels, most of us probably think of either roof installed or ground mounted solar that are set at an angle, or tilt, to the ground. But, panels can absolutely be installed vertically. There is an ideal tilt for solar panels which is dependent on latitude, but panels set flat at 180 degrees or completely vertical at 90 degrees still produce power, and reasonable so. In future posts we’ll find examples of these simply to be used as evidence that the practice is not so rare within certain circumstances absolutely works well. Since basically all of our existing built structures, building et cetera are boxes of one size, shape or another, exterior walls provide a lot of surface area that could be used for building integrated solar pv. If we're going to successfully address climate change, we're going to have to make use of lots of different solutions, vertical installation of solar pv, definitely needs to be one of them.
