Solar panel cleaning for Rolls Royce Aerospace, Bristol

Our long-standing client approached us to clean the solar panels at the infamous Rolls Royce Aerospace facility in Bristol. The historic plant at Filton, which employs more than 3,000 people, has long been associated with leading-edge engine development and over the decades has been responsible for creating Concorde’s innovative Olympus 593 engines as well as military aircraft. While it has been at the forefront of innovation in the aviation industry for more than 100 years, Rolls Royce is now playing a leading role in helping the organisation achieve its net zero goals, which includes a self-sufficient microgrid on the site.

Aerospace giant, Rolls-Royce, has underlined its commitment to make its Bristol plant one of the world’s first manufacturing sites to achieve net zero carbon operations. The plant, which makes engines for key defence programmes such as the EJ200 that powers the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon and the Short-Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) capability for the F-35 combat aircraft, is on course to hit their target.

Defence programmes developed at the Bristol plant are now capable of operating with 50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The plant also benefits from 3.4MW of onsite rooftop solar power, providing savings of 1,600 tonnes of CO²e a year, and 13 ground source heat pumps, generating 750m² of solar thermal power and delivering savings of 1,512 tonnes CO²e a year. While Rolls-Royce is committed to net zero by 2050, the Bristol site is set to be its first facility to achieve net zero carbon status.

As part of their commitment to both renewable energy efforts and net-zero targets, Rolls Royce dedicates itself to maintaining its more than 13,000 rooftop solar modules at their Bristol site. Our in-house solar panel cleaners expertly clean the solar panels installed over three different rooftops, using both robotic and mechanical cleaning equipment. The large banks of panels situated on the biggest rooftops are ideally suited to our modular solar panel cleaning robotic system, which allows us to reach all of the solar panels with ease. Our specialist mechanical rotary brush and water-fed pole cleaning systems provide professional cleaning for the smaller banks of panels. We proudly continue to provide our solar panel cleaning services to this site.