Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT has developed a solar module cleaning system that uses structure-borne sound and targeted mechanical vibrations to dislodge dust. Researchers ...

Researchers studying PV panels in Chile’s hyper-arid Atacama Desert found that cemented soiling can cause annual energy losses of up to 9.8%. Their combined field and laboratory work shows that dry ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent report details a waterless solar cleaning system design developed to address the challenge of dust accumulation on solar panels in arid ...

Researchers developed a wind-powered triboelectric nanogenerator that drives a self-cleaning system for solar panels, restoring 96% of their efficiency. Dust accumulation is a major problem for solar ...

Intersolar Europe 2026 — the world's largest solar industry exhibition — opens its conference doors in Munich on Monday for the first time on a Tuesday-through-Thursday exhibition schedule, arriving ...