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That's solvable though, there are setups for cleaning solar panels with robots on rails it'd be pretty easy to have a similar setup just dust off panels every f
by rtkwe 6y ago
That's solvable though, there are setups for cleaning solar panels with robots on rails it'd be pretty easy to have a similar setup just dust off panels every few hours.
- modriano 6y ago>robots on rails That's a pretty fancy way to say motorized brushes on a timer.
- gumby 6y agoYep, but that’s how you get press and get funded. I’m not being cynical or joking.
- noja 6y agoDoes the sand stick to the panels? Could the panels be tipped?
- m4rtink 6y agoThere is most likely static electricity involved, meaning that without mechanical action the finest of dust will stick the the panel even when you turn it upside down.
- ghgraham 6y agoCleaning is certainly a key issue as can be seen in this article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0553-2?draft=collection https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0553-2?draft=coll... However, there are a few complexities. Cleaning the panels continuously also causes the panels to degrade quicker. Robots for each string of panels is also a significant capital investment. Imagine an installation with hundreds of string of panels and robots for each one. In most cases panels are cleaned by human teams and not on a continual basis.