Welcome and thank you for visiting our website. We are a professional solar panel cleaning company based out of Collingswood, NJ. Our service area includes eastern Pennsylvania and most of central and southern New Jersey. We take great pride in providing you with prompt, efficient, and reliable care of your solar panels. We are fully insured and prepared to take care of the solar cleaning needs of residential homes to large scale installations.
Why do solar panels need to be cleaned?
Solar panels are exposed to the outside elements 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for every season of the year. (It does not help much that this is one of the most populated regions of the country either.) This exposure presents a host of challenges to solar panels. Sediment from vehicle exhausts and factory emissions; trees and plants producing pollen and sap; soot from oil based heating systems; livestock from farming areas kicking dust and dirt.... a host of potential problems. Coastal areas that receive offshore winds have salt to contend with as well. Add mineral deposits from tap water and even bird droppings - there are a myriad of particles that attach to the solar panels and block light from being absorbed. Once this sediment process starts, the energy production of your solar array can drop by as much as 30%. Large companies such as Google have seen even greater losses of power production due to dirt and sediment build up on there panels. NREL (the National Research Energy Laboratory), a part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has had similar findings.
In addition to the external reasons of why solar panels should be cleaned, there are also an important internal reasons. Most manufacturers and installers warranties require maintenance and cleaning.