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Airtouch Solar Inks Cleaning Robot Contract with Amplus Worth USD 3.2 Million

Airtouch will deliver and establish its robotic dry-cleaning systems for PV panels in Amplus’ tracker-based 300 MW solar project in Rajasthan.

July 13, 2023. By EI News Network

Airtouch Solar, an Israeli specialist in water-free robotic cleaning solutions, declared that it has inked a USD 3.2 million contract with Amplus Solar, a distributed energy arm of Malaysia’s Petronas Group.

Airtouch will deliver and establish its robotic dry-cleaning systems for PV panels in Amplus’ tracker-based 300 MW solar project in Rajasthan.

Additionally, Airtouch shall facilitate all-inclusive AMC services for the robots for 25 years.

The PV cleaning system installation is expected to complete by December 2023.

Sharad Pungalia, managing director and CEO of Amplus Solar, said, “We have planned 100% robotic cleaning for our upcoming project in Rajasthan; this endeavor is expected to reduce water consumption by approx. 50 million liters per annum.”

Airtouch’s robotic PV panel cleaning is anticipated to raise power production by up to 1.2 percent at Amplus Solar’s tracker-based 300 MW PV project in Rajasthan.

Tal Laufer, CEO of Airtouch Solar Group, said, “The collaboration with Amplus Solar has the potential to expand in India and abroad. This transaction shall strengthen Airtouch’s solutions for trackers fields.”

Airtouch Solar is headquartered in Israel and operates two production centers in Israel and India.

Amplus Solar provides clean energy solutions to commercial and industrial customers by establishing on-site solar projects (rooftop and ground-mounted) and off-site solar farms. It owns and operates a portfolio of more than 1.4 GW of distributed solar assets and caters 350+ Indian and multinational firms.

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