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Clean energy

Posted on October 3, 2022

Three Israeli solar panel cleaning startups have been reported previously in this newsletter. Bladeranger, Ecoppia, and NaanDanJain. Now there’s a fourth – Airtouch Solar, which uses an air blower to lift and push the dust forward horizontally along arrays of … Continue reading →

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Autonomous solar panel cleaning

Posted on February 7, 2021

Israeli startup Bladeranger is developing a robotic solar panel cleaning system.  It recently listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and rocketed to a valuation of $1.5 billion. It is also developing a cloud-based management system. (See also Israel’s Ecoppia, … Continue reading →

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Cleaning a million solar panels in India

Posted on December 20, 2020

Israel’s Ecoppia (reported here previously) has won a contract from India’s Azure Power for its robotic solar panel cleaning system to be installed on an estimated one million panels in its latest 450MW project. In the last year, Ecoppia has … Continue reading →

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Investing in Israeli startups

Posted on July 27, 2020

Hippo raised $150 million; Gett raised $76 million; Taranis raised $30 million; GoTo Global (formerly Car2Go) raised $19 million; XM Cyber raised $17 million; Belkin Laser raised $12.2 million; RealView Imaging raised $10 million; Epsagon raised $10 million; CIM Group … Continue reading →

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Israeli robots to clean Indian mega solar park

Posted on December 18, 2016

Israel’s Ecoppia is to install its water-free, robotic solar panel cleaning system at the 10,000-hectare 2,255 MW Bhadla Solar Park being constructed in Rajasthan, India. Dust storms reduce solar panel efficiency by 40%.  The Eccopia system will also save over … Continue reading →

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Cleaning solar panels in India

Posted on May 15, 2016

Israel-based Ecoppia is building a plant in India to manufacture its robotic solar cleaners at a new, state-of-the-art facility near Chennai.  Ecoppia’s robotic cleaning system uses controlled air flow to push the accumulated dirt off the solar panels http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-solar-panel-robot-cleaners-outsourced-to-india/

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Clean solar energy

Posted on January 10, 2016

One of the many Israeli companies exhibiting at the COP 21 Climate Conference in Paris was Ecoppia with its smart, robotic, water-free solar panel cleaning system. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-robot-cleaning-system-promises-brighter-future-for-solar-power/

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Award for solar panel cleaning robot

Posted on August 2, 2015

Israeli start-up Ecoppia was selected to Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe List. Red Herring selects start-ups they predict will “grow at an explosive rate”. Also, solar industry publication PV Magazine ranked Ecoppia 15th in their list of “50 Array-Changing Technologies.” … Continue reading →

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Cleaning 5 million solar panels a month

Posted on June 7, 2015

Israel’s Ecoppia has installed its robotic solar panel cleaning system on 5 more solar farms in Israel’s south. The system is now cleaning 5 million solar panels each month, that generate 35MW of energy. Desert dust can reduce solar panel … Continue reading →

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Israel’s solar-panel dry-cleaning robots

Posted on January 11, 2015

(Thanks to Nevet – www.broadview.org) A comprehensive report about the robots, built by Israeli startup Ecoppia. They clean solar panels in the desert (without water) to keep them in the most efficient condition. https://gigaom.com/2014/11/25/this-israeli-startup-makes-robots-that-dry-clean-solar-panels/

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