OK. So the solar panels are covered with snow because they’ve got the flat side up.
What if they just turned the solar panels 90 degrees and had the skinny part of the panel facing up?
Where’s my Nobel Prize?
umm...
How about 40-45 degrees? That’s about where they are now at a northerly latitude.
In that latitude they won’t produce power vertically.
Tesla is selling solar roofs. The solar panels look like textured roof tiles, and an install is cheaper than a regular roof with solar panels tacked on. You wouldn't know it's a solar roof on a house, as it blends in. Some reviewers have tested it in snow conditions, and the snow slides off while snow stays on other home roofs. Yeah, solar is expensive and doesn't work so well when the sun isn't shining, but Tesla has the better technology. Also, other firms have created flexible panels with 3d-printed embedded electronics; these can be flexed and bent to "shake" off snow. Maybe solar will be a good option for electrical generation in 20 years; now not so much.