About
Good Day Sunshine Solar
Good Day Sunshine Solar is a veteran-owned business based in Durango, Colorado. We are licensed and insured. As small business owner-operators we are committed to being good neighbors and to providing a valuable service to our community. We are proud to be part of the alternative and local power movement which is helping to keep our environment healthy for future generations. Our services come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
We are passionate about solar panels and keeping them at maximum efficiency for you! Do you want to know more about your solar panels and the reasons to keep them clean? Here are some additional articles you may find interesting.
- Princeton- 2 minute video about effect of dust, pollution on solar efficiency
https://acee.princeton.edu/acee-news/solar-soiling/
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
“Solar’s getting deployed, but we’re losing energy because solar’s getting deployed in dusty locations.”
“The energy lost annually from soiling amounts to as much as 7% in parts of the United States to as high as 50% in the Middle East.”
“in an industrial area three miles from downtown Denver…….discovered rain could naturally wash away most of the course particles but not fine ones, which tended to stick to the surface.”
“because PV panels cool down at night and attract morning dew, the dust can go through a process called cementation. The soiling is literally cemented onto the panel.”
https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2021/scientists-studying-solar-try-solving-a-dusty-problem.html
- NREL- video- solar Fun, well-produced 2-minute video about researching durability of panels
https://www.nrel.gov/news/video/nrel-breaks-solar-panels-so-yours-wont-text.html
- Scientific study in Greece and Middle East 2017
It is concluded that a small layer of dust itself reduces PV system efficiency to a large extent. In desert areas …due to the accumulation of dust the efficiency of solar modules and panels in terms of power can be reduced up to 60%.
