It is suited for both rooftop and ground mount farms.
Waterless solar panel cleaning.
Let the sunshine in.
Researchers found that even a fine layer of dust can be enough to cause efficiency to drop by 10.
This product will be an addition to the firms portfolio which till now has an ai powered waterless robot for the cleaning of large scale industrial solar plants.
The roller rotates in such a way that it gently removes the dust from the panel and slide down.
Waterless solar cleaning robots use wind vacuum suction brushes.
With manual cleaning there is a risk of damaging the ar coating on the panels.
Thus waterless solar panel cleaning is often employed where using water for such purposes can lead to fatalities.
It is self cleaning self powered providing high reliability of cleaning thereby ensuring improved efficiency.
Water based manual cleaning is expensive incurs recurring cost and environmentally not friendly.
Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity.
Proper dirt removal pv panel surfaces require the use of non abrasive cleaning materials that will not leave a scratch after removing a sticky stain.
According to the clean energy council 2018 also saw a 45 per cent growth in commercial solar power systems.
Autonomous cleaning and inspection of solar power installations.
How does waterless solar panel cleaning works.
Apart from posing an electrical hazard water based cleaning leaves residues and causes scratches due to scrubbing of panels.
Professional cleaning keeps accidents at bay.
The solar cleaning rollers are made of micro fiber stretchable cloth which is scratch proof.
If you have a rooftop photovoltaic pv array most solar professionals will tell you that you don t need to wash the panels the rain takes care of it for you.
This is a really great thing considering how many parts of our country and of our entire planet get intense sunlight all the time.
When solar panels get dirty energy production can decrease by 5 percent or more depending on the weather.
Tests done on solar panels in arid regions show that the dust accumulated in six months can cause a massive 40 decrease in efficiency.
Cleantech startup skilancer solar has announced the launch of its autonomous waterless robot for the cleaning of small scale solar power plants installed on residential rooftops.