Solar Panel Cleaning
Dirty panels quietly cost you output every month.
Soiling is the least visible way a solar array loses money. Pollen, salt, dust and bird droppings build a film that cuts production, and because the loss is gradual most owners never notice — the system just quietly under-produces.
Cleaning an array means either walking a roof full of glass panels or sending a crew down every row of a solar farm. A drone does it from above with purified water, no foot traffic, no scratching, and at a pace that makes utility-scale arrays practical to clean at all.
What’s included
- Purified-water wash across the full array
- No detergents — nothing that can film or etch the glass
- Rooftop residential arrays and ground-mount solar farms
- No panel or roof foot traffic
- Visual inspection for cracked or discolored cells
- Aerial before-and-after documentation
The problem
Why you need to do this
What we actually see on Eastern Virginia properties — and why the usual fix falls short.
Output falls and nobody notices
Soiling losses build gradually. Unless you're watching production data month over month against irradiance, the decline hides in plain sight.
Rooftop arrays are hard to reach safely
A roof covered in glass panels is a bad place to walk. Most owners simply never clean theirs.
Solar farms are too big to hand-clean
Row-by-row crews make cleaning cost more than the recovered production. Aerial cleaning changes that arithmetic.
How we do it
Start to finish
- 01
Assess the array
Panel count, tilt, access and soiling level. Ground-mount and rooftop are quoted differently.
- 02
Purified water only
No detergents on panel glass — anything that leaves a film costs you the output you just paid to recover.
- 03
Fly the rows
Consistent overlapping passes across the full array, no foot traffic anywhere on the panels.
- 04
Report anything we spot
Cracked cells, discoloration or hot spots visible from above get flagged with photos.
Where we work
Solar Panel Cleaning across Eastern Virginia
Based in Eastern Virginia, working from Chesapeake all the way north to Chincoteague.
FAQs
Solar Panel Cleaning questions
Once or twice a year suits most Eastern Virginia installations. Coastal salt air and heavy spring pollen both push toward twice.
Yes — utility-scale ground-mount arrays are one of the strongest uses for this method. Contact us for a site assessment.
No. Purified water at low pressure with no brush contact and no abrasives — nothing touches the glass.
Reviews
What Eastern Virginia says about us
Real words from real Drone Precision Solutions customers.
“I cannot say enough great things about this company! They power washed our entire home and cleaned all of our windows, and the difference is absolutely incredible. Everything looks fresh, bright, and practically brand new again! They were professional, thorough, dependable, and paid attention to every little detail. The windows are spotless, and the exterior of the house looks better than I could have imagined. You can tell they genuinely take pride in their work, and it absolutely shows in the finished product. I would 100% recommend them to anyone needing power washing or window cleaning. Five stars all around, we will definitely be using them again!”
“I can't tell you how many complaints we get from our guests when we have to wash our hotel, which usually takes 2–3 days. You guys were in and out in a day and knocked out the front in a couple of hours during guest turnover. Can't imagine using anyone else ever again.”
“I can't thank you enough — what a pleasure it was working with you on getting ESCC's exterior windows and building cleaned up. What a difference! I greatly appreciate it.”
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Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm · clean@droneps.com