Monitoring-led cleaning that protects output, extends asset life, and keeps ESG reporting credible.
Many factors impact solar panel longevity, such as environmental factors like dust, pollen, bird activity and industrial residues, which reduce light capture and output. BeBa Energy uses performance monitoring to spot soiling losses early, which enables us to schedule the right clean at the right time. This ensures your system can continue performing long-term and delivering the same results as day one of install.
Frequency depends on environment and monitoring data.
As a rule: at least annually; up to 2–4×/year for coastal, agricultural or dusty logistics sites.
We start with your site context (coastal salts, gull activity, agriculture, HGV yards) and your performance data. From there we set an initial cadence and adjust seasonally. Typical intervals:
1× / year (with mid-year review)
1–2× / year
2–4× / year
2–4× / year
2–4× / year
Performance analytics flag soiling and other weather indicators against season, weather and previous performance.
Identification of loss early-on is highlighted to plan for solar panel cleaning, using RAMs, access, edge protection and selecting the most appropriate method for your panels.
Our fully insured team of cleaning professionals and innovative robotic equipment designed to avoid cell micro-cracking will clean your system to manufacturers specifications and monitored.
A pre and post-clean performance comparison is conducted and reported (kwh uplift, performance observations and follow-up review at an agreed frequency) to ensure clean is and reamins financially beneficial to you now and in the long-term.
Method is confirmed in RAMS and chosen to protect glass, frames and seals.
Our dedicated team of experienced operations and maintenance experts for a bespoke system managed throughout its lifecycle to protect your renewables investment.
Our dedicated team of experienced operations and maintenance experts for a bespoke system managed throughout its lifecycle to protect your renewables investment.
We don’t fit and forget – we pride ourselves in outstanding customer service before, during and after installation. Our expert solar cleaning service enables your solar panels to operate at maximum efficiency delivering premium protection, higher yields, and long-term care, so you can enjoy clean energy (literally).
Continuous monitoring of your system allows real-time performance insights, allowing you to identify areas that may become problems in the future. Import/export metering, monthly yield comparison and consumption
Local soiling creates hot-spots that overheat cells and permanently steal yield. Our monitoring flags the early signs so we clean before damage happens.
Hot-spots occur when shaded/soiled cells run in reverse bias and dump power as heat. Repeated events cause EVA browning, melted backsheets or cracked glass — all expensive to fix and hard to claim.
Our O&M keeps risk low by:
Monitoring for soiling patterns and alert thresholds
Routine DI-water cleaning (robotic for consistency)
Evidence packs showing pre/post output for your files
Heavy footfall and aggressive hand cleaning can cause micro-cracks tiny fractures that reduce output over time. We use even-load robotic cleaning and planned access so you don’t introduce the problem while trying to fix it.
Real roofs collect coastal salts, agricultural dust, diesel particulates and bird residues that bind to ARC glass. Rain won’t remove those films. Our de-ionised (DI) water cleans leave no residue; monitoring confirms the kWh recovery. Preventative cleans are cheaper than occasional heavy remediation.
Lichen grows at frame edges/standing-water points. Left alone, it shades cells and can etch surfaces. We keep it at bay with scheduled DI-water cleaning, targeted steam for stubborn patches (manufacturer-safe standoff), and pre/post reports adjusted for weather.
Boards and auditors don’t want promises — they want evidence. Our monitoring gives you monthly generation, avoided CO₂ (Scope 2), uptime and post-clean uplift in exportable CSV/PDF.
Lichen grows at frame edges/standing-water points. Left alone, it shades cells and can etch surfaces. We keep it at bay with scheduled DI-water cleaning, targeted steam for stubborn patches (manufacturer-safe standoff), and pre/post reports adjusted for weather.
…it’s great to know they are watching the system for us, especially given where electricity prices now sit – any downtime can be very costly!’
“Solar is one of the best investments we have ever made as a business. With this in mind, it made sense to have an established business look after it for us…
Our reactive Essential Service plan is everything you need to keep your solar system running, current and compliant.
As standard, you’ll receive a full annual service and access to our technical helpline to discuss any faults and gain access to useful advice. If you do have a fault, we’ll charge our usual competitive commercial rates to come and fix your system as and when problems occur.
With this plan, you are responsible for monitoring your own system for faults and alerting us should any faults occur.
Our reactive Essential+ Service plan takes the service level one step further, with greater peace of mind that your investment is fully supported all year round. This plan includes all the benefits of the Essential Service Plan but with one call out* free of charge per year in the event of any faults or technical issues, as well as access to our faster parts replacement plan.
*One technician for two hours
With this plan, you are
responsible for monitoring
your own system for faults
and alerting us should any
faults occur.
With our proactive Premier Service plan, you can trust us to take care of everything, including the running, optimisation and monitoring of your system, as well as any repairs that may be needed. We monitor your system using a real time online remote monitoring portal which, if not already installed, can be retrofitted to your existing system. With the Premier Service plan, you enjoy all the benefits of the other plans but we watch your system daily and will react to faults while you concentrate on more important matters. For an optional additional cost we can also fully insure your system with our full operational insurance* used by over 300 of our existing customers.
*subject to survey
We’ll review your site, propose a schedule, and send a simple quote.
