wiltshire
2025-06-13 11:17:57
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This is simply wrong as a blanket statement. Often, only the total yield per kWp is focused on. However, the performance curve plays a significant role in practice. With an east-west system, you have a longer period of your own energy yield and a lower peak load. With the same kWp capacity, you would have about 10-15% more total yield on a south-facing roof with the same angle than on an east/west roof. If someone belongs to the group of people who get up in the morning and go to bed in the evening, the east/west system helps increase the self-consumption rate (economic efficiency factor!) through the longer time window of power generation without using a battery. If you also practically consider that more square meters are available on two used roof halves than on one, it is also clear that the "performance loss" in absolute terms can easily be compensated by a few more modules. Those who calculate precisely and take into account the typical daily consumption curve of a family often come to a shorter payback period with an east-west system. Build the house as it suits you best from the inside out. The photovoltaic orientation is a secondary factor here.The east/west orientation is not ideal.