Solar Shadow
Developed by UCD Advanced Irrigation Lab
Site
Panels
Solar data
Simulate
Results
Location
Go
Field boundary
Draw outline
Finish
Cancel
Clear outline
No boundary
Aerial photo
Import GeoTIFF
Opacity
Remove photo
Panel system
Vertical panel
Fixed tilt
Sun tracker
Panel height (m)
Height above ground (m)
Thickness (m)
Tilt angle (°)
Azimuth (°)
Axis tilt (°)
Max rotation (°)
Backtracking
Rows
Draw a row
Finish
Cancel
Clear rows
Save rows
Load rows
Array
Row spacing (m)
Generate from last row
Hourly solar radiation
Source
Open-Meteo, actual weather (last-year average)
Clear sky, no clouds
Averaging window (± days)
Diurnal chart month
Fetch last-year data
Not loaded
Download table (CSV)
Date & time
12:00
Auto (
UTC+0
)
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—
Set time zone manually
UTC offset (hours)
Simulation
Dates
this day
a range
From
To
Hours
this moment
a range
From
To
Show
average per day
total over range
Run simulation
Clear map
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Advanced settings
Time step
10 min
15 min
30 min
60 min
Min sun elevation (°)
Cell size (m)
Module efficiency (%)
System losses (%)
Bifacial back factor
Map layer
Show
Hidden
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—
Shadow %
Opacity
Export
Export layer A
Export layer B
Export shadow %
Export charts (Excel)
Day profile
—
Hide
Mean daily irradiation by month
Average diurnal profile
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Daily global irradiation
Run a simulation to see results
Result map
Panel power through the day
Irradiance and shading through the day
Daily energy
Daily irradiation and shading
Ready.