If you read the news with regards to lighting, power grid, and renewable energy, you’re going to read a lot about solar. Solar companies, solar panels, solar panel efficiency, and all kinds of other stuff that has to do with using the sun to generate electricity.
Here’s something wacky – nobody ever talks about cleaning their solar panels! I mean, it’s probably not something you have to do each weekend, but as grime, dirt, and pollution build up on them, they do need to be cleaned off in order to efficiently capture the sun’s rays. German company Schletter GmbH has just released news of their crazy new photovoltaic power washer for exactly this problem that nobody knew we had – solar panel cleaning!
I’ll be honest – most of the people I know who either manage or own PV installations just clean them with a freaking hose and some tap water. But Schletter is going to be changing that in April 2011.
Hold onto your horses, folks. This thing is a solar panel cleaning party animal!
Wow. Now THAT is some solar cleaning! I think. At least that’s what I’ve heard. All I can really say is that I didn’t invent this thing, but it seems cool! Probably a lot easier than the 20-foot-long handle with a carwashing brush on the end, huh?
Thanks, CleanTechnica!
