DFF enables Solavio to become fastest-growing cleantech startups

Dubai - The traditional cleaning way of cleaning panel requires between 1-3 litres of water per panel leading to an estimated loss of over Dh110,000 per megawatt per year.

India-based startup Solavio has become one of the fastest-growing cleantech startups and the first to be incubated in the UAE, India, and Canada.

The startup has found a solution to increase the efficiency of the solar panels — which over time gets affected by dust and other impurities — reducing their efficiency by up to 40 per cent.

The traditional cleaning way of cleaning panel requires between 1-3 litres of water per panel and labourers working in the sweltering heat, leading to an estimated loss of over Dh110,000 per megawatt per year.

Solavio has developed a revolutionary AI-powered solution that does not require any water and eliminates human involvement. The modular autonomous solar panel-cleaning bots use unique dry-cleaning technology and its retrofit nature makes it compatible with almost any solar panel, mounting structure, type (roof-top or ground mount), or climatic condition and is almost 40 per cent lighter than most bots in the market.

To test its bots in a real-life environment, the company entered Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), an initiative by the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), back in 2018. The cohort-based programme runs a series of business and innovation challenges sourced from government and corporate entities that directly impact the future of Dubai and beyond.