IEA-PVPS warns soiling costs solar industry billions per year

The International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS) says dust, pollution, and debris on solar panels reduce output by 4% to 7% worldwide, costing the industry billions of euros annually and making tailored mitigation increasingly urgent.Soiling on solar installations costs the global solar industry annual revenue losses totaling billions of euros, according to a fact sheet published by the IEA-PVPS. The fact sheet explains that soiling is a leading cause of underperformance in solar installations worldwide and is responsible for between 4% and 7% of global energy ...

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