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Where is this true? Rain would be more than enough to clean solar panels.
by dahfizz 4y ago
Where is this true? Rain would be more than enough to clean solar panels.
- hinkley 4y agoApparently not. You’re supposed to clean them. Pollution tends to be sticky, and I’m sure etching the glass probably doesn’t help either.
- bushbaba 4y agoImpact of not cleaning is minimal. Maybe 10% at worst. There’s been multiple studies that show the cost of cleaning is greater than improved efficiency for home owners.
- hinkley 4y agoThere are studies that can say anything. A lot of green power on the West Coast. Do you have a study that looks at the effects of soot particles accumulating on solar panels? Or pollen for that matter? I've washed my car more in the last three years than in the entire rest of my adult life.
- pencilguin 4y agoPanels laid out in deserts accumulate dust that can cut production by 50%. This mainly just means the desert is a dumb place to put a solar farm. But ignorant investors love the idea of desert solar farms, so there is plenty of money being wasted building desert solar farms.