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At Ketura Sun, a large commercial solar field in Israel, the solar panels are being cleaned in a unique way: by robots. That’s not the most unique part. These robots don’t use any water in the cleaning process, making them a great match for the Negev desert where the solar plant is located. Even better, the robots could go a long way toward making solar power plants less dependent on water.

According to Gizmag, the Ecoppia E4 robots are “mounted on a frame that moves laterally along the panels and the robots themselves move up and down the panels. They use a rotating brush made up of soft microfiber in conjunction with air blowers to remove what Ecoppia says is 99 percent of dust build-up.” No water required.

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