We continue to look back across the accomplishments of Clean Solar Solutions 2016 during 2016, continuing with May and June. Things really started to hot up with solar farm cleaning in May and June, as well as the usual rush of commercial rooftop array cleaning.May: May saw us complete our largest solar panel clean of the year, the 37.3MW solar farm adjacent to Bournemouth Airport for Silverstone Green Energy. This was quickly followed by another clean for the same company at T…
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Clean Solar Solutions 2016 Review – March & April
We continue our look back through our accomplishments and highlights of 2016, continuing with March and April.March: Another large grain store was cleaned, this time at Hatchpen Farm for the Rand Brothers in Royston, Hertfordshire. With over 2,500 solar panels spread across 3 roofs, again it was cherry pickers, long poles and strong muscles at the ready!March also saw our most logistically challenging round of cleans for Solarcentury. They required us to clean 104 roof mounted …
Clean Solar Solutions 2016 Review – January & February
With 2016 now over bar the shouting, we look back on the past year and review stand out projects that Clean Solar Solutions have been able to complete and other milestones along the way, starting with January…January: This saw an interesting job come in from M3 Solutions in the shape of solar panel cleaning at Wessex Grain in Somerset, UK. It is one of the UK’s tallest grain stores at about 21m to the apex of the roof where 680 solar panels were waiting to be cleaned. Due to …
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Output Blossoms After Solar Panel Cleaning At Truro Nursery
Clean Solar Solutions have completed the solar panel cleaning at a Truro nursery. The 120KW solar array is located at Roscarnick Farm, near Truro and is owned by Maurice Crouch Growers.Maurice Crouch Growers are horticulture bulb and flower growers and have since the 70's, been growing daffodils from their farm near Truro. Today, they are considered to be one of the largest suppliers of daffodils to the UK market, with their growing on over 1,000 acres across the whole of Cornwa…
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Solar Panel Thermal Imaging Completed On Hereford Solar Farm
Thermal imaging is fast becoming an excellent tool for checking the unseen, inner workings of solar panels that are not performing. This was the case on a Hereford solar farm that is managed by Hereford based, Caplor Energy. Clean Solar Solutions were called in to use our thermal imaging camera out what potential problems were causing the underperformance.Caplor Energy were quick to notice the underperformance from a string of the solar farm and sent an engineer to meet us on site.
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Bird Deterrents Stand Guard Over Solar Panels In East Sussex
Clean Solar Solutions have installed wind-driven bird deterrents that now stand guard over the solar panels mounted on an East Sussex school.The output of the solar panels was being reduced by the accumulation of bird droppings from nearby nesting birds. The high visibility of the deterrent from the air and the random nature of the movement of the bird deterrent proves to be very effective at deterring birds from visiting the area. See Also: The Effects Of Bird Droppings On Sola…
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The Effects Of Bird Droppings Solar Panels – The Harsh Reality
What Is The Effect Of Bird Droppings On Solar Panels?The true impact of bird droppings on solar panels, whilst not the most romantic subject, needs to be discussed. Are bird droppings really that much of a problem for solar panels? The solar industry in the UK has been maturing for over 5 years now and some harsh lessons been learned.
15MW Bognor Regis Solar Farm Cleaned For Cobalt Energy
Clean Solar Solutions have completed the cleaning of a 15MW solar farm in Bognor Regis for O&M provider, Cobalt Energy. The solar farm was funded by Next Energy and built in 2014 by Irish solar company BNRG Renewables. It is capable of producing enough electricity to power 5,000 homes.Steve Williams M.D.
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Panel Cleaning Benefits Stack Up On Brickyard Solar Farm
Clean Solar Solutions have completed the cleaning of the solar panels at Brickyard Solar Farm at Leamington Spa. The 4.1MW solar farm is made up of 15,058 solar panels and was installed by Sun Glow Power.This site is one of 5 solar farms that we have been contracted to clean by Cornwall based installer and O&M provider, Natural Generation.The clean was carried out in March 2016, in less than a week. This is an ideal time for cleaning, preparing the panels for the sunnier days of the sp…
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Clean Solar Solutions Drone Surveys Take Off With Cleandrone
Clean Solar Solutions are glad to have formed a drone surveying partnership with Swansea based Cleandrone. Drone surveying is quickly becoming the preferred method of immediate faultfinding on utility scale solar farms. Drone surveying is a value for money...