====== shadowing effects ====== Shadowing effects are unwelcome in the range of photovoltaics. Eine Verschattung bei Photovoltaik ist eine sehr unschöne Sache. In almost all cases you have to reckon with loss of earnings. Shadowing effects are often not scheduled or simply not considered. This effects mostly appear in the late autumn and they will not vanish until spring. It is the solar altitude's fault. === possible shadowing effects === * trees and bushes * chimneys * dormers * satellite dishes and TV antennas * power lines and power poles * neighbour's roof and hills