{"id":16,"date":"2020-06-12T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robot-optiplus.fr\/wp\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:34:07","slug":"nettoyage-de-panneaux-photovoltaique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robot-optiplus.fr\/en\/nettoyage-de-panneaux-photovoltaique\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning photovoltaic panels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cleaning
photovoltaic panels
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As of 30 June 2017, it was estimated that there were 400,000 PV solar panels installed in France, with an average annual growth rate of 2.5%, and total electricity production equivalent to 4.2 terawatt hours. To maintain high levels of output, solar panel operators must maximise productivity, and are always on the lookout for ways of optimizing performance by getting more light on to the photovoltaic cells.<\/b><\/p>

How dirt affects output from photovoltaic panels<\/h2>

According to a number of scientific studies, poor positioning of photovoltaic equipment<\/b> can cause productivity to drop by anything from 3% to 16%. Dust, dead leaves, moss and dirt, however, are just as likely to damage productivity. This explains the wide range of cleaning solutions already on the market, including telescopic brushes, autonomous robots, cleaning kits, etc.<\/p>

You don\u2019t need to call in a specialist cleaning company to clean your photovoltaic panels. If you only have a relatively small area to clean, you can do the cleaning yourself, especially given that wind and rain<\/b> can provide natural assistance in keeping your photovoltaic panels clean<\/b>.<\/p>

However, specialist cleaning companies<\/b> can still be a good solution for cleaning large solar farms<\/b> designed for industrial use. For a large-scale solar farm<\/b>, failure to clean solar panels effectively can lead to a loss of energy generation capacity equivalent to several thousand euros per year, as compared to a few dozen euros a year for a domestic user. Moreover, some areas of industrial solar farms can be difficult to access, and panels often have to be cleaned remotely using specialist equipment.<\/p>

Whether your panels are installed by an independent electrician or by a company<\/b>, it is reasonably common practice for maintenance agreements covering solar panel cleaning<\/b> to be incorporated into installation contracts. Cleaning under this kind of service agreement may be carried out using a variety of more or less effective techniques, such as telescopic brushes, autonomous robots, etc.<\/p>

Using a robot to clean photovoltaic panels<\/h2>

Among the products<\/b> on the market, autonomous<\/b> robots such as the Opti+5<\/a><\/strong> robot are emerging as an attractive option for cleaning photovoltaic equipment. For the maintenance of large solar farms, these robotic systems have a number of advantages over more traditional methods:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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