Residential Solar Cleaning
Why Clean Solar Panels?
Serving all of Kern County
With phenomenal solar cleaning services
Kern Solar Cleaning, has carried out solar panel cleaning on homes across Bakersfield California. Your solar panels are an expensive investment and it is wise to ensure they are cleaned by insured and trained professionals.
The cost benefit of keeping your panels clean makes a regular cleaning schedule a no-brainer. Increasing the power output and efficiency of your solar system by 20% or more in heavy soil areas, like farms or air traffic paths, can greatly impact your energy bill savings.
You had your solar system installed to save you money, make sure your panels are performing at their best all year long. Many people put solar on their roofs and never think about it again until the savings aren’t adding up. Having a complimentary estimate from Kern Solar Cleaning can provide you with the answers to why your solar system isn’t producing like it was when first installed. Hint: The panels are dirty and not performing at top efficiency, or possibly birds or other pests have taken up residence.
In fact, if you have solar panels on your roof and a pool in your backyard, we guarantee that you have a bird problem even if you can’t currently see one.
When we give FREE estimates, we also provide a 6 point solar array health check including:
- Professional solar panel clean
- Inspection of the integrity of the glass of the solar panels – birds can cause breakage
- Check the framework of the solar panels for signs of damage, warping or corrosion
- Check the roof fixings are still intact
- Check for signs of damage from birds or squirrels
- Check the inverter for error codes
Google’s Research on Solar Panel Cleaning
At Google’s campus in Mountain View, CA, they have a 1.6 Megawatt Solar Panel array. Finally, after 15 months of operation, they had the system cleaned and “The energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we [Google] found that cleaning these solar panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce.”
Won’t the rain clean my panels?
Or how about my hose?
Looking at your windshield after a rare Bakersfield California rain shower makes it instantly obvious why you can’t depend on rainwater to keep your solar panels clean. If you didn’t wash your windshield for 6 months, even in sunny Bakersfield California, how much visibility would you lose? If you leave your car in your driveway, the grime that accumulates will eventually “green over” as algae begin to set up shop!. Even if the car is rained on, the rain contains airborne dust particles that settle and attach to the surface after the rainwater evaporates, and in Bakersfield California calcium and hard water deposits. When using our windshield wipers, we clean the center of the screen, but where the wipers do not reach, there is a film of dirt. Your entire solar panel is in exactly the same condition as the edge of your windshield because they are both exposed to the same elements. Visibility through your windscreen is lost due to the loss of light. The same principle holds true for solar panel cleaning.
To keep your solar panels performing you must maximize the light that can pass through the glass to the solar cells.
Maintaining your Solar System
Save on the cost of solar panel cleaning with a regular maintenance plan
Ask About Our Discount!
You took charge of your energy, now take charge of your maintenance with discounts based on frequency of service. We have THREE Maintenance Plans to provide you with the best protection and savings for your solar panels.
Choose the plan that’s right for your desired energy output and fits your budget and save with our Referral Program.
Premier
Quarterly Solar Panel Cleaning
Let our company provide 4 services through out the year and save 30% now.
Advanced
Tri-annual Solar Panel Cleaning
Let our company provide 3 services through out the year and save 20% today
Standard
Bi-annual Solar Panel Cleaning
Let our company provide two services for the year and save 10% today.
Keep Cranking Out Those Kilowatts
with Regular Solar Panel Cleaning Service
You installed a solar panels on your home to save you money by offsetting rising electricity costs by generating your own power. Great for the planet, and great for your pocketbook! Kern Solar Cleaning, will make sure you’re maximizing the return on your investment.
According to a study by the University of Houston, unclean solar panels can reduce energy production up to 35% and cleaning is recommended every 4 months. Having your solar panels cleaned regularly not only saves you money by making sure they’re producing at top capacity, but it also protects your solar system and the manufacturer’s warranty.
It is essential to have a trained, licensed and insured professional clean and maintain your system to avoid costly damage. From cracks in the glass to the seals between each panel, there are many risks when it comes to cleaning the solar panels yourself.
Working on the roof itself is a huge hazard! The challenging task comes with the risk of personal injury or damaging roof tiles. This is where Kern Solar Cleaning comes in. We are your trusted, local, licensed, and insured professionals.