Fishbone supports for solar photovoltaic panels

Abstract

A photovoltaic assembly including at least one fishbone support, at least one solar photovoltaic (PV) panel adhered to the at least one fishbone support and at least one additional support selected from the group consisting of a horizontal support configured to support the at least one fishbone support and attached to the backbone, wherein the horizontal support comprises a profiled slot, a vertical support attached to the plurality of cross arms, and combinations thereof. The at least one fishbone support includes a backbone and a plurality of cross arms attached to and arranged perpendicular to the backbone. a method for shipping photovoltaic including providing a photovoltaic assembly including at least one fishbone support adhered to a backside of at least one solar PV panel as a first layer and stacking additional photovoltaic assemblies along raised portions to generate subsequent layers of photovoltaic assemblies.

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