Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That’s the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and scientists have now developed a possible solution — self-dusting solar panels — based on technology developed for space missions to Mars.
Self-cleaning technology from Mars can keep terrestrial solar panels dust free
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