system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why are solar panels in fields all angled a certain way, as opposed to pointing towards the sun?

edit: towards the sky, not the sun.
gpt
Tracking panels are much more expensive and require more maintenance. It's fine for satellites or space probes, but when you need to outfit entire fields with that, it comes at a price. So you use a static panel that is oriented in a way that maximizes daily output in current location.