Translations:Shading/9/en

Strong shade and shading that covers an entire PV cell is likely to trigger bypass diodes and will result in a significant loss in PV module production. Weak shading or partial shading on a PV cell may cause overall performance of the module to drop without being strong enough to trigger a bypass diode. A common example may shade resulting from a tree branch is close to the module and provides a thick dark line of shade, it will cause significant problems, but a distant branch causing a faint line of shade will not likely cause much production loss.