NIT Team Develops Unique Way to Clean Solar Panels Using AI to Save Water & Money
Reported byThe Better India ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
Researchers at NIT Rourkela have developed an AI-powered system that detects which solar panels need cleaning and targets only those areas, reducing water use and labor while maintaining efficiency in large solar farms.
The system has secured an Indian patent; real-world deployment scale and measurable water/cost savings across solar installations remain to be demonstrated.
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