A good way to illustrate why rainwater will not clean solar panels is by looking at your car windscreen. If you didn’t clean your windscreen for 6 months, how much visibility would you lose? If left, the grime on your windscreen would accumulate and eventually ‘green’ over. Even if the car is rained on, the rain contains airborne dust
particles that settle and attach to the surface after the rainwater evaporates. When we use our windscreen wipers, we clean the centre of
the screen, but where the wipers do not reach, there is a film of dirt.

The whole of your solar panel is in exactly the same condition as the edge of your car windscreen because they are both exposed to the same
elements. Visibility through your windscreen is lost due to the loss of light. Therefore, the same principles hold true for solar panel cleaning.

It is very important to maximise the light getting into the solar panel and in turn, increase your financial reward.

Domestic installations we typically recommend getting cleaned every 1-2 years depending on location.

Depending on environmental factors, where they are installed and to a degree, what industry you are in will vary on the build-up.
Typically for a Commercial installation we recommend a clean every 6-12 months

While Window Cleaners with Water fed Pole Systems (WFP) can clean Solar Panels, it is not recommended as often they are not covered by insurance to clean Solar Panels and do not have the right brushes and/or training and could scratch or damage you Solar Panels.

Our operatives are also fully insured, IPAF and PASMA trained.

We have access equipment for all types of installations as well as the correct equipment to carry out Solar Panel cleaning safely and efficiently.