CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [H02S 20/10 (2014.12); H02S 40/22 (2014.12)] | 19 Claims |
1. An array of solar panel assemblies, the array comprising:
a plurality of rows of solar panel assemblies having a row spacing with a width RS between each row,
wherein each solar panel assembly has:
a length axis L, and
a plurality of rectangular solar panels having an assembled height h, the plurality of rectangular solar panels including at least two adjacent sub-assemblies of an equator facing panel (EFP), a top panel (TP) and a pole facing panel (PFP), wherein, within each adjacent assembly the EFP, TP and PFP are fixedly connected together and oriented with respect to a horizontal plane wherein
each TP is between an EFP and PFP and connected to a top edge of an EFP and PFP, the top edge parallel to the length axis;
each PFP is angled with respect to the horizontal plane at an angle β;
each EFP is angled with respect to the horizontal plane at an angle θ;
each TP is angled with respect to the horizontal plane at an angle ε and wherein θ and ε are not equal;
each TP fixedly interconnects the EFP and PFP to form a fixed segmented and dome-shaped assembly; and
each PFP and EFP each have respective lengths to support a TP at the angle ε, and
an inter-row solar panel (IRSP) configured to a lower edge of the EFPs or PFPs of the solar panel assembly within space row and wherein each IRSP is configured or selective movement of the IRSP between a deployed and exposed position and an un-deployed position and to abut an adjacent EFP or PFP of another solar panel assembly of the array in the deployed position.
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