Yes. What it is often overlooked by studies is that solar panels mounted at less than five degrees (almost dead flat) have a problem. When panels are mounted like this, the metal frame around the panel prevents water from running off of the panel. This is because the aluminum frame extends up approximately 1/8th inch […]

That is a really good question. We often review “scholarly” articles and studies which all claim to have factual evidence-based data on soiling rates. From this data, they often postulate that washing does not need to be done very often and some not at all. If these studies are so factual, why do they disagree […]

While Heliotex is not an expert on robot systems, most we have seen require manual labor to move them from one row of panels to another. Others are set on arrays and move around. The real difference here is that they are NOT automatic. One still has labor costs and cleaning does not occur on […]