Introduction
Solar surface in the context of PVGIS refers to a photovoltaic surface capable to capture incident solar irradiance and generate electricity.
The amount of solar irradiance incident on a solar surface at a location and a moment in time, depends primarily on the solar incidence angle. PVGIS can estimate over a period of time the optimal placement of a solar surface that maximises the very incidence angle and hence the overall photovoltaic power output.
pvgis surface
is a small collection of tools
related to solar, i.e. photovoltaic surfaces.
The most interesting one is
pvgis surface optimise
which estimates the optimal position of a photovoltaic surface
that will maximise the photovoltaic power output.