Solar panels like most technologies, are not immune to issues, that can impact their performance and longevity, nor maintenance free.

Cleaning Solar Panels: Top 5 Soiling Challenges

In the field of professional cleaning and maintenance in the solar industry, the search for the best performance, quality and efficiency is a constant concern for professionals. Whether it's tricky dirt on the solar panels, such as lichen or paint splashes, or using the right cleaning solutions in the right way and in the right doses for effective cleaning, having the right equipment can make all the difference.

Top professional tools to optimize solar cleaning

Ensuring the optimum performance and longevity of solar panels is crucial. A key aspect of solar panel maintenance lies in the cleaning guidelines adopted by panel manufacturers - the best practices that help extend the useful life, do not void the warranty and guarantee the safety of the equipment. We analyzed the main recommendations for cleaning operations presented by the 10 largest solar panel manufacturers in the world - Longi, Jinko Solar, Trina Solar, JA Solar, Canadian Solar, Risen Energy, Astronergy, First Solar, DMEGC Solar, QCells.

Top tips for PV cleaning

Top Tips for PV Cleaning: What the 10 Largest Solar Module Manufacturers Say

Manual cleaning in solar parks or rooftop installations is often not feasible, due to its scale, so you will need to use some help.

Top 5 Robots for Solar Cleaning

In the maintenance and cleaning sector of solar panels, a primary consideration arises from the penetrating nature of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals". Given the widespread applications of PFAS in various industries and products, it is imperative to stress the importance of choosing solar cleaning chemicals that do not contain these persistent substances.

PFAS-Free Solutions in Solar Panel Cleaning and Protection

The global issue of soiling in photovoltaic (PV) plants has emerged as a major challenge, significantly affecting energy production and resulting in global losses estimated at 3% to 5%. Dirt has a significant impact on photovoltaic plants, and innovative strategies are needed to mitigate its effects.
Anti-soiling coatings (ASC) are therefore specifically designed to mitigate the impact of soiling and dirt on solar panels.

Revolutionizing PV Plant Efficiency

Revolutionizing PV Plant Efficiency: Chemitek Introduces Antistatic Solar Armor (ASA)

Exploring the Symbiosis of Agriculture and Solar Power in Agrivoltaic Plants

Introducing The Tucker® Solar Boost Water-fed Pole Kit

Update: Tucker® Alpha Series of brushes and scrubbers now featuring V2 gooesnecks

Gardiner Jet Capsules for Window Cleaning Brushes

Solar Panels Cleaning on the Ranch with Solatecs C1000 about 71 Panels | First part

Solar Cleaning Systems - Rotaqleen Vario + Qleen Disy Plus Profi Elektro

Solar cleaning can be quite challenging, specially if you do not have the right tools for each job. There is a variety of tools and equipment that a professional solar cleaner needs and, for the majority of the cleaners, the most important is the manual brush.

Top Brushes for Professional Solar Panel Cleaning

Latest Scientific Paper Demonstrates Real-World 3% Cumulative Energy Production Gain with Innovative Anti-Soiling Coatings

Chemitek Solar & Green Energy Park: Scientific Paper

What are they and do they affect the energy output of my panels?

What are snail trails on solar panels?

Solar modules need to be cleaned to avoid the loss of efficiency or even possible damages.

What type of water can I use to clean the solar panels?

Tired of those pesky limestone stains on your shower glass screens? We have the solution!

Discover How to Protect Your Shower Glass

How to protect your shower screen?

Solar Energy Solutions: Concentrated Solar Power vs. Photovoltaic

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) vs. Photovoltaic (PV)

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Chemitek at Intersolar Europe'23

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Chemitek Solar’s products and their application - brush on tractor application

ChemiTek's products and their application - Brush on Tractor

Chemitek Solar’s products and their application - Robot

ChemiTek's products and their application -Robot

Chemitek Solar’s products and their application

ChemiTek's products and their application - Manual Cleaning

You can use chemicals to clean solar panels, but how to choose the correct solution? We tell you all about it!

Can I use chemicals to clean my solar panels?

Cement Removal Agent - How to Remove Cement Dust Cured on Glass

The production of cement, being a very fine powder, creates a lot of dust emissions throughout the process. Even the all the efforts of containing those emissions with filtration systems, the dust is so fine that it able to escape through the tinniest gaps. When this dust mixes with dew overnight, a cementation process begins that cures the layer of cement dust on top of the modules.

Cement Dust Removal and Mitigation

Are hard water stains ruining your solar panels? Learn how filtration systems can help. Click to find out more!

Water Filtration Systems for Cleaning Solar Panels

Water Filtration Systems

Solar Wash Protect has been awarded the “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution” Label, a proof of high standards in profitability and sustainability.

Solar Wash Protect Has Been Awarded

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ChemiTek Exhibits at Genera

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Floating solar Parks

If we look Portugal down on the map, one certainty comes to mind: in terms of solar radiation, the country is privileged for its location!

Why is Portugal a Growing Market in the Solar Area?

The now years old ChemiTek has entered the U.S. market with its innovative, sustainable, and certified solutions for removing contaminants and protecting solar panels, making its energy production more efficient.

ChemiTek & its biodegradable solutions to clean and protect solar panels breaks grounds in the U.S.it

Portuguese company specialized in liquid technology for solar panels breaks ground in the US market.

Energy consumption worldwide is increasing significantly, and there is still a large part of it that is produced using resources that are finite and extremely harmful to the environment, the so-called fossil fuels.

Solar Energy as the source of the Future

Solar Energy: The Source of the Future

An important ally for the energy and ecological transition. Agrivoltaic solar plants are designed to have a low impact on the daily operations while offering positive benefits for the soil, ecosystem and the profitability of agriculture.

Agrivoltaic Systems

Solar Wash Protect - TÜV TESTED & APPROVED - Dirty module cleaning product

Each day, the solar sector grows stronger, especially with the maturation of photovoltaic technologies.

How chemistry can be important in the renewable energy sector?

Hotspot Effect

Water hardness

Water Hardness

Hydrophobic Vs Antistatic Coating

The accumulation of dust, bird droppings, soiling, cement dust, and other contaminants leads to a drop in the efficiency of photovoltaic panels, and these contaminants are often not removed from the modules with a water-only cleaning. There is a huge range of equipment available on the market that is used for cleaning large-scale plants, from brushes to robots, to rotative brushes, all with their advantages and disadvantages and depending on the size and layout of the solar plant.

Cleaning large scale Solar Farms

If our World keeps pumping out emissions that cause climate change, many countries will not be able to maintain the global temperature to 1.5ºC, as the Paris Agreement states.

For a carbon-neutral world, Solar is king

A wave of dust coming from the Saharan desert crossed Europe last week. While experts rightly mention the danger this dust has to public health, know that it can also cause irreversible damage to your solar panels.

Effects of Saharan Dust of PV Systems

The topic about cleaning solar panels is a sensitive one among solar panel owners.

How to and why clean solar panels?

For ChemiTek is crucial to see real results of our products. In partnership with TNB and TNBES Malaysia a test was conducted in August 2020 to assess the operational and efficiency gains associated with the use of the cleaning and protection product, Solar Wash Protect from ChemiTek.

Evaluation of Operational and Efficiency Gains with Solar Wash Protect

What is the best solution to clean your solar panel?

Water vs. Cleaning Products

Sun rays are in the spotlight of everything we are going to say below.

4 Ways to Improve Your PV System Efficiency

The concerns for energy efficiency are increasing worldwide. Based on this premise, we gathered a list of 9 books that will help you know more about energy management.

9 Promising Books About Renewable Energies

Solar power plants are one the biggest bets across many countries. But who are the leading developers of these large scale stations? Check out our list!

10 Largest Solar Power Plants in the World

It’s an increasingly known fact that solar panels are a great way to reduce our carbon footprint. But we can’t simply install these systems and expect them to endlessly work at full capacity. Yes, it is true that, technically, there isn’t an expiration date for solar panels.

Why Do Solar Panels Lose Efficiency?

The Portuguese startup closed a new round of investment to boost the growth of its presence in international markets and its sustainable solutions for the solar energy sector.

ChemiTek announces a new investment round of 1.2 million euros

The glass used in the manufacture of the solar panel is not ordinary glass.

Solar Glass

Solar Thermal and Solar Photovoltaic. These are the two main types of solar energy systems.

What’s the Best Solar Module for My House?

Chemitek presents a range of solutions for industrial cleaning and maintenance in two main industries: Solar and Glass, .

We also develop products that are more sustainable and environmentally friendly than conventional products for cleaning and maintenance in industrial sectors such as Automotive, Naval and Degreasing.

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ChemiTek is a Portuguese company dedicated to the development, production and trading of efficient, easy to apply, innovative and environmentally friendly chemical products for industrial maintenance. 

With an already diversified portfolio, the company presents solutions for sectors such as solar, glass and automotive.

It aims to be a reference in the international market, as a customer-centric, innovative and sustainable chemical company.

We will guide you to find the right product for your needs.

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Certified & sustainable solutions for industrial maintenance. We have the solutions you need!

Cleaning  & Maintenance Solutions for Solar Panels, Glass & More

The solar industry experts in contaminant removal agents and soiling mitigation for Solar Panels. 

In Focus

Sustainable solutions for cleaning and protection of solar panels.

Solar Industry

Sustainable cleaning solutions to eliminate oil spills.

Spill Control & Remediation

Sustainable treatment and protection for glass and non-porous surfaces.

Glass Surfaces Cleaning & Protection

Biodegradable solutions for cleaning and pre-cleaning of vehicles.

Vehicles Wash

Sustainable solutions for heavy cleaning and degreasing.

Heavy Cleaning & Degreasing

Biodegradable treatment for hard and very hard water. Avoids limestone stains on the modules.

Get Spotless Solar Panels with Our Water Softening Agent

Water Softening Agent

Biodegradable concentrated removal agent for cement dust, stone dust, gypsum and other alkali contaminants.

Get Rid of Cement Dust on Your Solar Panels

Cement Removal Agent

2 in 1 product for cleaning and antistatic protection, developed and certified for photovoltaic panels.

How to clean dust from solar panels without voiding its warranty

How To Remove Organic Dirt From Solar Panels

Solar Wash Protect

Easy to apply antistatic coating, developed and certified for photovoltaic solar panels.

Boost Solar Panel Efficiency with Antistatic Solar Armor

Antistatic Solar Armor

Easy-to-apply concentrated antistatic coating, specially developed for CSP plants.

Improve Your CSP Mirrors with Mirtek

Mirtek

Biodegradable concentrated removal agent for metal oxides residues

Removal agent for metal oxides residues

Metal Oxides Removal Agent

Biodegradable concentrated removal agent for lichens, fungi and moss.

How to remove lichens from solar panels without voiding its warranty

Effective Solution For Cleaning Lichens From Solar Panels

Lichen Removal Agent

Biodegradable concentrated removal agent for water and solvent based paint residues.

How to Remove Paint Stains from Solar Panels

Paint Removal Agent

Easy to apply hydrophobic coating certified for solar panels – keeps the panel cleaner and easier to clean.

D Solar Defendor - Easy to apply hydrophobic anti-soiling coating  (Protect your solar panels now)

Hydrophobic Protection for Solar Panels

D-Solar Defendor

Degreaser/descaling agent for oils, fuels, grease, and coal deposits and other hard to remove stains.

Fast-acting Parts Degreaser/Cleaner

Super Degreasing Mono

Complete DIY kit for the homeowner that wants its glass protected and easy to clean.

How to protect shower glass and windows at home - Glass anti-soiling coating

Protect Your Glass At Home with the IGP Kit

IGP Kit

Invisible, hydrophobic, and oleophobic treatment for glass, tiles, joints, and metals.

Durably Seal & Protect Glass From Deterioration & Dirt

IGP PRO

Alkaline product for professional use, for pre-washing of trucks, buses, heavy machinery and trains.

Truck Wash Pro

Degreaser/Descaler for delicate surfaces with biodegradable surfactants.

Biodegradable descaler and degreaser

Biodegrease Pro

Fast-acting hydrocarbon dispersant for cleaning up residues of oils, fuels, and other spills from heavy industries.

Spill Control Pro

Product for professional use for cleaning and antistatic protection for glass – repels dust and makes cleaning easier.

Cleaning & Antistatic Protection for Glass Facades

Glass Clean Protect

totalArea

2 in 1 product to clean organic dirt from your solar panels and to protect from the adherence of dirt.

Clean my solar panels at home

Solar Wash Protect RTU

Long lasting hydrophobic coating certified for solar panels.