In 2026, China’s photovoltaic industry will usher in a historic moment: the installed capacity of solar power generation is expected to exceed that of coal power for the first time, and the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power generation will reach half of the total installed capacity of power generation. At the same time, the national PV cumulative installed capacity has exceeded the 1000GW mark.
Behind the figures, a deeper shift is taking place: new energy power plants have changed from “power generation assets” to “power commodities”, and the core of management needs to shift from “generating more electricity” to “earning more money”. This means that the “second half” of photovoltaics is not about the installed speed, but the revenue management capability of the whole life cycle .
1. an underestimated “invisible killer”
When the power station is connected to the grid, the real test has just begun.
Research shows that dust accumulation is one of the leading factors affecting the performance of photovoltaic modules. In arid and desert environments, uncleaned components can lose up to 30% of power generation due to dust. Even in humid tropical areas, the performance ratio of components that are not cleaned for two months will drop by about 8%-10%.
What do these figures mean? Taking a 100MW power station as an example, the annual power loss can reach millions or even tens of millions of yuan-this money is being quietly swallowed by a thin layer of dust.
More importantly, the business cycle of photovoltaic projects is usually considered 20-25 years . This means that today’s clean decisions affect not temporary gains, but 1/4 centuries of asset returns.
2. “operation and maintenance + operation”: the dual engine of power station revenue
2026 is called the first year of “operation and maintenance + operation” in the industry. In the context of the deepening of power market reform, simple equipment operation and maintenance has been unable to maximize revenue.
industry data show that refined operation and maintenance can increase power generation 3%-8% and reduce power consumption cost by 0.01-0.03 yuan. However, intelligent operation and optimized trading strategy can increase market-oriented trading income by 10%-25%. Under the comprehensive mode, the overall revenue of the power station can be increased by 15%-30%.
Among them, intelligent cleaning plays a “basic” but “decisive” role-it is the premise of all operational strategies. Because no matter how subtle the trading strategy is, if the component itself is obscured by dust, the cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity is already lost.
3. from “passive cleaning” to “active efficiency”
The traditional operation and maintenance thinking is “dirty and then washed”, but from the perspective of the whole life cycle, this approach is neither economical nor scientific.
Studies have shown that weekly cleaning can maintain 93% or more of the initial performance of the component. The photovoltaic intelligent cleaning robot can set the automatic cleaning time according to the situation of the power station, especially for high pollution scenes such as cement plants, and can even clean twice a day. Maximize the return on performance while minimizing maintenance costs.
this is exactly the value of the intelligent cleaning robot-it is not a simple “cleaning tool”, but an “efficiency asset” embedded in the whole life cycle of the power station:
matching the life of the power station: detian robot takes 25 years of service life as the design target, and is completely synchronized with the life cycle of the power station. data enabling operation and maintenance: clean data is connected to the intelligent operation and maintenance platform, realize dynamic optimization of cleaning frequency and remote monitoring of equipment status, and change operation and maintenance decisions from “experience-driven” to “data-driven” to release human value: let professional people free from repetitive work to make more valuable operation decisions
after 4. 1000GW, what will decide the outcome?
When the installed capacity exceeds 1000GW, the logic of industry competition has changed. The future does not belong to holders who simply pursue the number of power stations, but will be dominated by operators who understand the essence of operation and can make efficient use of electricity at the right time and at a reasonable price.
In this process, every seemingly small step-including cleaning-is reshaping the ultimate benefits of the power station.
Detian Intelligence is willing to work with you to protect the value of every ray of sunshine in the whole life cycle from every cleaning.
