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This is an interesting application; it sounds like they've worked through a bunch of those issues: https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/27/bifacial-rooftop-vertic...

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Interesting that they list wind as one of the places where vertical panels have the advantage - my intuition would have been the other way around, with angled panels doing better in windy conditions. Wind uplift isn't something I'd have even thought about.

I meant more on a classic home with an A-frame like roof.

Don't think it's a coincidence that the demo vid they're showing off is a flat factory roof

Yeah, I mean the peak of such a roof is the only practical place for it. I'd say this style of mounting is simply not appropriate for all types of roofs, and that's not exactly a bad thing, just geometry

Yeah, and the mounting would need to be robust enough to withstand the panels acting like a sail in storm winds.

I think it'd be interesting to look at how these might be colocated with crops.

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