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Solar panel row spacing calculator
Plan fixed-tilt solar row spacing from latitude instead of guesswork. Enter the site latitude, panel length along the tilt, row tilt angle, and row count to get winter-aware clear spacing, row pitch, array depth, and land-use density instantly in the browser.
Why this is useful
Fixed-tilt solar rows are one of those layouts that look simple until land use, shading, and row pitch start fighting each other. Module datasheets tell you the panel dimensions, but they do not tell you how much site depth the winter sun will force you to reserve.
This page turns that geometry into practical numbers: the panel rise, the ground footprint, the minimum clear gap behind each row, and the front-to-front pitch that repeats across the whole array.
Useful for
- Early ground-mount layout checks before a formal civil or electrical design pass
- Parking-canopy and field-array feasibility estimates where row pitch drives site depth
- Comparing a strict winter no-shade rule against a looser solar-access land-use target