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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hello esteemed wrenches,<br>
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I have a client who wants a ground mounted array. He has field
with his power line running east-west across it to a pole with his
meter on it and then buried conduit to his house. Because of the
size of the array it makes sense to do a line side input at the
pole.<br>
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The field slopes down to a river, so we would like to stay back
from the lowlands to avoid flooding and saturated soil. The
problem is that the really high ground is to the north of the
power line.<br>
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Is there any received wisdom out there about how far to put
modules from a power line to avoid line shading? I know that we
can check the solstice sun angles against the wire height and top
and bottom heights of the array. But if the array ends up inside
that angle range, how far away does it have to be for that shadow
to interfere into a non-issue?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Hilton<br>
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Hilton Dier III
Renewable Energy Design
Partner, Solar Gain LLC
453 East Hill Rd.
Middlesex, VT 05602
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