Dust Proof Solar Panels

So how do hailstorms dust storms and smoke affect your solar panel performance.

Dust proof solar panels.

While there are still diy services and professional solutions to eliminate any soiling on your array industry innovations are also paving the way for easier upkeep. New research to keep solar panels clean and efficient. The self dusting solar panels are based on technology developed for another dry and dusty environment mars. New solutions are necessary to maintain maximum collection.

After cleaning the study s solar panels saw a 50 percent jump in efficiency. The task of solar panels cleaning is not worth your life. A dust layer of 4 grams per square meter can decrease solar power conversion by 40 percent says malay mazumder a research professor in boston university s department of electrical and computer. This summer bushfire smoke has blanketed towns and cities across australia.

Most of the stuff caked on the panels was ordinary dirt and dust. But a small percentage around 8 percent was from. Dust can dramatically reduce effectiveness of solar panels in arabian peninsula us study finds researchers found that even when panels are cleaned once a month energy generation is reduced by 25. However unless you live somewhere with high amounts of smog dust dirt or sand blowing around solar panel cleaning is generally not necessary.

This video shows how an electric field created by small wires repels dust which could help keep solar panels clean. Dust storms descended on western new south wales with clouds so thick they blocked out the sun in canberra hailstorms battered cars houses greenhouses and solar panels. The technology involves placing a transparent electrically sensitive material. Special coatings for glass to repel dust and reduce.