...But the accumulation of dust on solar panels or mirrors is already a significant issue — it can reduce the output of photovoltaic panels by as much as 30 percent in just one month — so regular cleaning is essential for such installations....
There's a shocker, eh?
Question: Has anyone EVER seen anyone cleaning any of these things? Anywhere?!
Bueller? Bueller??
Rain does most of the cleaning. I clean my panels twice per year with a squeegee and a water hose. I do it after pollen season is over, then again half a year later. IMHO, this is very minimal work and not a good argument against the left's mandating to solar/wind.
The fact that solar and wind are intermittent are what we should focus on. The left's claim that we can rely 100% on them is hogwash. My solar is successful for me because "success" as I define it isn't being 100% dependent on them. They greatly reduce my power bills (only 20% of my power has to be pulled from the grid).
Because the grid has to be 100% reliable, making the grid dependent on solar is a very bad idea. The only way I can support solar farms going to the grid is if there would be a way to make fossil fueled plants scalable -- able to cheaply turn those up or down depending on when solar isn't doing enough. To my knowledge, that capability doesn't exist.