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

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

Photovoltaik Reinigung mit SOLA-TECS C1000

Up Close - Tucker Water Fed Brushes

Solarreinigung

HP nLite SOLAR PANEL CLEANING

Karcher iSolar 800 in action. Solar Panel Cleaning Device

Dirt can reduce the energy output of the photovoltaic system by up to 20%. However, the weather is nowhere near enough to clean solar panels efficiently.

Top 5 Brushes for Professional Manual Cleaning of Solar Panels

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?

Os módulos solares precisam ser limpos de forma a evitar perdas de eficiência ou mesmo eventuais danos.

Que tipo de água posso usar para limpar os painéis solares?

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. The porous nature of the glass and antireflective coating promote the adhesion of this layer making it almost impossible to remove without damaging the modules.

Cement Dust Removal and Mitigation

As manchas de água dura estão a arruinar os seus painéis solares? Saiba como os sistemas de filtração podem ajudar. Clique para saber mais!

Sistemas de Filtragem de Água para Limpeza de Painéis Solares

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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Encontre os nossos produtos líderes para a indústria da limpeza solar.

A ChemiTek na Genera

Visite a ChemiTek na Genera

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

This type of coating when applied to the glass of the solar panels changes the behaviour of its surface.

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 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 apresenta uma vasta gama de soluções dentro de duas categorias principais: Solar e Industrial - com o principal foco em soluções de limpeza e manutenção para a indústria de painéis solares fotovoltaicos.

Também desenvolvemos vários produtos de limpeza e manutenção para sectores industriais, tais como o Automóvel, Naval e Tratamento de Resíduos.

Aplicações

Somos uma empresa portuguesa dedicada ao desenvolvimento, produção e comercialização de soluções personalizadas e inovadoras para a manutenção industrial, satisfazendo as necessidades específicas de limpeza e manutenção.

Iremos ajudá-lo a encontrar o produto certo para as suas necessidades.

Basta Premir o Botão

Números

Soluções certificadas e sustentáveis para a manutenção industrial. Temos as soluções de que precisa!

Soluções de Limpeza & Manutenção para Painéis Solares, Vidros e Mais

Especialistas da indústria solar na remoção de contaminantes e agentes de mitigação de sujidade para painéis solares.

Em Destaque

Soluções sustentáveis para a limpeza e proteção de painéis solares.

Indústria Solar

Soluções de limpeza sustentáveis para eliminar derrames de petróleo.

Controlo e Remediação de Derrames

Tratamento e proteção sustentável para vidro e superfícies não porosas.

Limpeza e Protecção de Superfícies de Vidro

Soluções biodegradáveis para a limpeza e pré-limpeza de veículos.

Lavagem de Veículos

Soluções sustentáveis para a limpeza e desengorduramento profundos.

Limpeza e Desengorduramento Profundos

Tratamento biodegradável para águas duras e muito duras. Evita as manchas de calcário nos módulos.

Painéis Solares Sem Manchas? Sim! Com o Water Softening Agent

Water Softening Agent

Agente de remoção concentrado e biodegradável para pó de cimento, pó de pedra, gesso e outros contaminantes alcalinos.

Livre-se do Pó de Cimento nos seus Painéis Solares

Cement Removal Agent

AreaTotal

Produto 2 em 1 para limpeza e proteção antiestática, desenvolvido e certificado para painéis fotovoltaicos.

How to clean dust from solar panels without voiding its warranty

Como Remover Sujidade Orgânica dos Painéis Solares

Solar Wash Protect

Revestimento antiestático de fácil aplicação, desenvolvido e certificado para painéis solares fotovoltaicos.

Aumente a Eficiência dos seus Painéis com Antistatic Solar Armor

Antistatic Solar Armor

Revestimento antiestático concentrado fácil de aplicar, especialmente desenvolvido para plantas CSP.

Melhore os Seus Espelhos de CSP Com o Mirtek

Mirtek

Biodegradable concentrated removal agent for metal oxides residues

Removal agent for metal oxides residues

Metal Oxides Removal Agent

Agente de remoção concentrado e biodegradável para líquenes, fungos e musgo.

How to remove lichens from solar panels without voiding its warranty

Solução Eficaz de Limpeza de Líquenes dos Painéis Solares

Lichen Removal Agent

Agente de remoção concentrado e biodegradável para resíduos de tinta à base de água e solvente.

Como Remover Manchas de Tinta dos Painéis Solares

Paint Removal Agent

Revestimento hidrofóbico fácil de aplicar certificado para módulos solares: mantém o módulo mais limpo e mais fácil de limpar.

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

Protecção Hidrofóbica para Painéis Solares

D-Solar Defendor

Desengordurante/desincrustante para óleos, combustíveis, gorduras, depósitos de carvão e outras manchas difíceis de remover.

Super Degreasing Mono

Kit DIY completo para o proprietário que quer o vidro protegido e fácil de limpar.

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

Protect Your Glass At Home with the IGP Kit

IGP Kit

Tratamento invisível, hidrofóbico e oleofóbico para vidro, azulejos, juntas e metais.

IGP PRO

Produto alcalino para uso profissional, para pré-lavagem de camiões, autocarros, maquinaria pesada e comboios.

Truck Wash Pro

Desengordurante/desincrustante para superfícies delicadas com tensioativos biodegradáveis.

Biodegrease Pro

Dispersante de hidrocarbonetos de ação rápida para a limpeza de resíduos de petróleo, combustíveis e outros derrames.

Spill Control Pro

Produto para uso profissional para limpeza e proteção antiestática do vidro - repele o pó e facilita a limpeza.

Glass Clean Protect

Produto 2 em 1 para limpar a sujidade orgânica dos seus painéis solares e protegê-los da aderência de sujidade.

Solar Wash Protect RTU

Revestimento hidrofóbico de longa duração certificado para módulos solares.