We know that dust dirt pollen bird droppings and other debris can negatively affect solar panel efficiency.
Does dust affect solar panels.
Solar panels take in sunlight and material on the panels surface converts sunlight to electrons which become electricity greg explains.
For delhi it means a loss of up to 20 million annually.
Most of the stuff caked on the panels was ordinary dirt and dust.
But a small percentage around 8 percent was from.
They found that cleaning the solar was the number one way to maximize the energy they produce.
Google conducted a groundbreaking experiment at their 1 6 mw solar farm in mountain view california.
Especially when it comes to deciding for or against an investment in a solar system this newly discovered factor plays a major role.
After cleaning the study s solar panels saw a 50 percent jump in efficiency.
Anything that blocks out the sun will reduce the amount of energy your panels produce bushfire smoke and dust storms can cause elevated particle levels in the atmosphere.
According to experts environmental pollution could reduce the amount of light that gets absorbed by your solar panels even if the system is relatively new.