Todos Intelligent Technology: Innovating Colombia’s Renewable Energy Sector
In Colombia’s booming renewable energy market, Todos Intelligent Technology is becoming a key force in driving efficient operations and maintenance of the local solar industry with its innovative photovoltaic panel cleaning robot solutions. As the first Chinese clean technology company to establish a branch in Latin America, Todos is set to build a comprehensive service system in Bogotá covering installation, debugging, technical training, and parts warehousing, providing customized services for the country’s complex and diverse application scenarios.
Core Technological Innovations
Todos robots feature desert-level protection and tropical adaptability, with an IP65 protection rating and a wide temperature range performance of -30°C to 70°C, making them perfectly suited to the extreme environments of high-altitude power stations in the Andes and desert stations in La Guajira. Their dual-mode cleaning system (dry sweeping/wet wiping) can automatically switch based on humidity changes during the rainy season, achieving a cleaning efficiency of over 99% and increasing annual power generation by 10-65%. The specially designed 22° obstacle-climbing capability effectively tackles the common tropical vegetation-covered photovoltaic arrays found in Colombia.
Advantages of Localized Operations
- Intelligent Operations and Maintenance Center: The Cartagena regional control center enables real-time monitoring of power stations nationwide, with cloud algorithms dynamically optimizing cleaning frequency based on satellite weather data.
- Rapid Response Network: Equipped with Spanish-speaking technical teams, the Bogotá, Medellin, and Cali service stations ensure an emergency response time of 4 hours.
- Cost Innovation Solutions: For a 1MW power station in Colombia, the robotic solution can save up to 80% of maintenance costs compared to traditional manual cleaning over 15 years, avoiding the high-altitude operation risks of $50-200 per day per person.
Typical Application Scenarios
- Coffee Production Area Agrivoltaics Project: The asymmetrical brush design prevents damage to crops, with automatic dry sweeping during morning dew periods.
- Off-Grid Stations on the Amazon Frontier: A low-power design (55W panel power) combined with a 16Ah battery allows for operations in continuous 48-hour periods without sunlight.
- Distributed Rooftop Stations in Bogotá: The compact 560mm chassis adapts to narrow spaces, and 4G remote control enables centralized management of urban building clusters.
Policy Alignment
Todos’ solutions perfectly align with Colombia’s “2022-2031 Renewable Energy Development Plan” regarding “localization of smart operation and maintenance technologies,” and have been included in the national development bank’s green credit recommendation directory. In 2024, they assisted the La Guajira desert power station in achieving an industry record with a 37% increase in daily power generation, earning a technical innovation commendation from the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
By deeply integrating high-end equipment manufactured in China with localized services in Latin America, Todos is rewriting the economic model of solar operations and maintenance in Colombia. Their concept of “zero water consumption intelligent cleaning” not only saves tens of thousands of tons of water each year for medium-sized power stations but also explores a new paradigm of photovoltaic operations and maintenance that balances efficiency and sustainability through continuous software upgrades throughout the lifecycle.
