Dirty solar panels cut global solar energy output by as much as 5%, but Israeli startup tested new autonomous robots delivered by drone to clean rooftop arrays
technology
January 27, 2023
Pleco sweeping robot uses rotating brushes to clean dust from solar panels blade ranger
Every day, thousands of square kilometers of solar panels around the world become dusty and produce less power. A robot designed by an Israeli startup autonomously cleans solar panels on roofs inaccessible to other cleaning robots, allowing him to increase the panel’s power output by as much as 15 percent.
Autonomous robots are widely used to clean large solar arrays on the ground. Many people slide along the rails to wipe the dust and wipe the birds…
