Energy department of Eco Fortis Ltd. has specially gathered a team of qualified professionals for the installation of solar PV systems of independent power supply. Subsequent operation of solar panels suggests the organization of additional services, namely, regular systems maintenance.

The main mistake of solar PV buyers is a belief that solar panels do not need the service. This is the biggest misconception!

One of the main conditions for investment return, spent in solar power construction, is the regular technical maintenance of solar panels and other elements of the system. An important condition for proper operation and payback of solar power plant is the presence of a specialist responsible for the operation and system monitoring.

Contamination by dust, soot and pollen significantly reduces the performance of solar power plants. Energy loss can reach 30%. Neither rain nor wind can remove the dirt completely, so to provide a stable high-energy output thorough cleaning of solar panels has to be done regularly mainly by experts.

Until recently our company has been cleaning solar panels manually. Since the manual cleaning process is quite expensive, solar panels were cleaned only few times a year.

There is also a risk of damage to fragile equipment. So it was decided to implement automatic mechanisms. This year we started the development of new robots. We have tested various models. We decided to use dry method and wet method in different climatic conditions. These conditions dictated by the geographical location of the power plants, the main thing is the economic feasibility of using this method.[accordion style=”numbered” align=”full”] [pane title=”Wet method”] [photo_gallery item_width=”7″] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/water-cleaning.png[/image] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/water-cleaning2.png[/image] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/water-cleaning3.png[/image] [/photo_gallery] [/pane] [pane title=”Dry method”] [photo_gallery item_width=”7″] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dry-cleaning.png[/image] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dry-cleaning3.png[/image] [image title=”” caption=”” thumb_width=”135″ thumb_height=”135″ lightbox=”true” custom_link=”” open_in_new_tab=””]http://ecofortis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dry-cleaning2.png[/image] [/photo_gallery] [/pane] [/accordion]

Solar panels operation rules.
System monitoring will improve the service of solar panels and other elements of the system.
Monitoring includes several important parameters for assessing solar power plant activity:

– Solar panels fasteners elements system condition. Solar panels mounts attenuation, absence and corrosion can lead to the system failure.

– Each Solar panel condition. During the initial installation each module must be checked carefully for performance. One bad module in the system leads to large losses in solar power plant generation.

– Inverter as the primary propulsion system element converting the direct current from the solar panels into alternative tends to accumulate dust and suffer from overheating. Timely cleaning the inverter and its cooling fans from dust can significantly extend the life of the solar power plant and without reduce of its efficiency. This applies to all types of inverters, including outdoor installation even designed for harsh climatic conditions.

– Grounding is an important element of safety in any electrical system. Checking status of contacts and conductors insulation of your solar power plant should be done carefully and regularly.

– Wiring: wires conditions, wiring connections reliability at the joints, mechanical damage of insulated tubes in which the electric wires laid – significantly influence the losses in generation and exploitation of solar power plant.

– Location of the system, its accessibility for maintenance and repair, no shading solar PV from emerging obstacles to sunlight – all these affect the optimization of solar power plant.

– The simplest and the most important part of the monitoring and operation is maintaining purity of solar panels in generating system. Clean solar PV provide 15 – 20% more of your solar power generation.

Manufacturers recommend conducting planned maintenance work on solar panels and elements of the system at least 2 times a year. But the actual number of work depends on the location and operation of solar power plant.

Solar power plant maintenance can be charged to a specialized organization.

Regular maintenance of your solar power plant is a timely return pledge of your investment!