Shading#

shading.masking_angle(surface_tilt, gcr, ...)

The elevation angle below which diffuse irradiance is blocked.

shading.masking_angle_passias(surface_tilt, gcr)

The average masking angle over the slant height of a row.

shading.sky_diffuse_passias(masking_angle)

The diffuse irradiance loss caused by row-to-row sky diffuse shading.

shading.tracker_shaded_fraction(...[, ...])

Shaded fraction for trackers with a common angle on an east-west slope.

shading.linear_shade_loss(shaded_fraction, ...)

Fraction of power lost to linear shade loss applicable to monolithic thin film modules like First Solar CdTe, where the shadow is perpendicular to cell scribe lines.