How much difference will cleaning my solar panels make?
Well this is the ultimate question and of high value for us to determine as we move forward with our business and fortunately a lot of research has already been conducted.
The NREL ( National Renewable Energy Laboratory) in the US realized gains of 18%
Google has a 1.6 megawatt installation at there Mountain View Googleplex headquarters in California and has conducted studies on their system that show an 18 - 40% gain from cleaning their panels and as a result cleans their huge system a minimum of once per year.
Other companies in Australia and Great Britain tout 25-40% gains in productivity.
We a very fortunate to building a relationship with Saturn Power, an established solar and wind development company. We are actively working with them to conduct our own independent research on the gains realized from solar panel cleaning with one of their systems. In addition we have our own test panel installed on our property we will be collecting data on this spring.
The NREL ( National Renewable Energy Laboratory) in the US realized gains of 18%
Google has a 1.6 megawatt installation at there Mountain View Googleplex headquarters in California and has conducted studies on their system that show an 18 - 40% gain from cleaning their panels and as a result cleans their huge system a minimum of once per year.
Other companies in Australia and Great Britain tout 25-40% gains in productivity.
We a very fortunate to building a relationship with Saturn Power, an established solar and wind development company. We are actively working with them to conduct our own independent research on the gains realized from solar panel cleaning with one of their systems. In addition we have our own test panel installed on our property we will be collecting data on this spring.