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🧪 Energy Advanced Solar Efficiency Simulation

Interactive 3D solar-panel simulator: tilt the panel and move the sun to see the angle-of-incidence cosine loss, drag a shading obstacle to watch real geometric shadow occlusion cut output cell-by-cell, and swap PV materials to compare efficiency and temperature coefficients on live power readouts.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted

This simulator isolates the three factors that actually decide how many watts a photovoltaic panel delivers: the angle between incoming sunlight and the panel's face (Lambert's cosine law), a real geometrically-cast shadow from a nearby obstacle climbing the panel cell by cell, and the panel's own material efficiency and temperature coefficient. Move the sun's elevation and the panel's tilt to find the angle that maximizes the cosine term, grow an obstacle to watch instanced solar cells go dark one row at a time as a real shadow overtakes the array, and swap between monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin-film CdTe to see how efficiency and heat sensitivity trade off — all while a live NOCT thermal model and power readout update every frame.

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation demonstrates how solar panel efficiency varies based on factors like angle of incidence, shading, and material properties. It illustrates the fundamental principles behind photovoltaic energy conversion and explores methods to maximize power generation from sunlight.

Solar EfficiencyPhotovoltaics

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install