A study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, investigated how household cleaning products affect the ability of solar panel glass to transmit light. The results of the study were ...

“The proposed solar panel cleaning system can be effortlessly integrated into both residential and commercial solar PV installations,” the research's lead author, Adeel Waqas, told pv magazine.

The self-cleaning mechanism involves attaching a DC motor to the backsheet of a panel. A solar module was supported on four edges to emulate a system being excited by an unbalanced mass to induce ...