Azerbaijan has abundant solar energy resources, mainly due to its geographical location and climatic conditions. Most of the country’s annual sunshine hours reach more than 2,500 hours, and the sun intensity is high, suitable for solar energy development. In addition, the government is very supportive of solar photovoltaic projects and investment, so the market potential is very large.
The project is located about 60 kilometers southwest of Baku City, the capital of Azerbaijan, covers an area of about 5.5 million square meters, and is the largest and highest voltage grade photovoltaic power plant project in Azerbaijan. After the project is connected to the grid, it can generate 500 million KWH of electricity per year, which can be used by 110,000 households, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 200,000 tons per year, which has positive significance for Azerbaijan’s energy structural adjustment.
Cleaning challenge
Because the power station is located in the desert, it is often attacked by wind sand, which has a great impact on the power generation efficiency and service life of photovoltaic modules. Studies have shown that not cleaning desert areas for a month can affect the efficiency of power generation by up to 68%. In addition, it is located in the desert, lack of water, it is difficult to use artificial ordinary cleaning, so it is necessary to use an automatic cleaning system without hydration.
Solar panel cleaning robot solution
todos’ solution is to use a completely water-free automatic cleaning machine that connects the solar panels through a guide rail to achieve remote control and intelligent cleaning. Each unit can run up to 2000 meters. A total of more than 600 units, delivery within 10 months.
Implementation effect
The water-free automatic cleaning system solves the cleaning problem of the power station, saves water resources and operation and maintenance costs, and greatly improves the power generation efficiency.
Up to now, todos smart photovoltaic cleaning solutions have been successfully applied in 27 power stations in 9 countries along the “Belt and Road”, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India and Uzbekistan, with a total coverage capacity of more than 8.5GW, becoming the fourth largest indispensable photovoltaic power station.
Future outlook
todos will continue to promote the research and development and application of photovoltaic smart cleaning, and is committed to promoting more advanced technologies and products to the “Belt and Road” market, contributing more Chinese wisdom and strength to the international energy transition.
