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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by rsynnott on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:27AM (#46721424)
Washing solar panels _at all_ would be fairly unusual, and arguably pretty pointless, particularly given they're so cheap now; you're looking at, optimistically, a 5% efficiency improvement, but many studies say more like 1% in practice.

If you're in a place that gets significant snowfall such that they're often covered then production during winter is likely to be fairly marginal anyway, so may not be worth your while.

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