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☀️ Keeping the #solarpanels clean means ensuring good efficiency and a long life of the plant. However, in some places the fight against dust and sand can be extremely complex, increasing maintenance costs.  The most common method to remove dirt from photovoltaic modules employs, in fact, jets of water at high pressure, but is not feasible in areas with limited water and human resources such as deserts, mountains, and space. That’s why over the years the industry has churned out a wide list of anti-spig technologies. Innovative solutions such as electrodynamic screens (EDS). What is it? A transparent coating containing parallel electrodes generates electrodynamic forces to repel or move dust from the surface of the panels. Recent research has shown that an EDS can remove over 90% of the dust deposited on flat surfaces in minutes.  Everything is perfect on paper, except that the electrodynamic screen to operate requires high-voltage electricity of alternating current type. Picking it from the same panels is an uninteresting option from the practical side to which an external source is much preferred. Such as the new wind-driven triboelectric rotating nanogenerator (RTENG) created by the Department of Energy Science and Engineering of the South Korean research institute DGIST. #SENnews #environmnent #globalwarming #greeneconomy #solar #eolic #energy #greenenergy #solarenergy #windenergy #sustainable #sustainabledevelopment

Clean solar panels with wind-powered electrodynamic screen - SEN Sustainability & Environment Network

Clean solar panels with wind-powered electrodynamic screen - SEN Sustainability & Environment Network

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