Reduction in Risk and Insurance costs Whether you contract with a cleaning service or hire personnel yourself, with manual cleaning there are costs for labor, equipment, materials and insurance. There is also a risk of damage to the solar panels as well as injury to personnel. These risks are reflected in workman’s compensation insurance and […]
Loss of Electricity When solar panels are dirty, the do not produce the electricity they are capable of producing; the dirtier the panel, the less the electrical output. One also runs the risk of damaging or killing a solar panel if dirt accumulates in one area of a panel (source SunPower Engineers). Most clean two […]
Failure to clean your solar panels will result in their productivity dropping.The loss is cumulative. Can it be reduced by hosing off the solar panels with a hose or rain?Sure, a little.As noted in a previous article, hosing off panels or simply allowing rain to be the only effort at cleaning will result in dirty […]