Ecoppia's water-free robots to clean solar farms in Spain, Chile

Israel’s Ecoppia Scientific Ltd (TASE:ECPA) said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to deploy its water-free robotic cleaning solutions to mop panels at four solar farms in Spain and Chile.

The customer is Matrix Renewables, the renewables platform set up by asset manager TPG.

The agreement includes the sale and installation of the Ecoppia H4 and the Ecoppia T4 robots. The H4 model will clean a 135-MW solar farm in Spain, while the T4 robots will be used at three solar PV sites in Chile, Ecoppia said.

The agreement with Matrix will see the Israeli specialist work on its first project in Spain.

The company will also provide operations and maintenance for the robotics fleet over the lifetime of the projects.

Ecoppia expects to book total revenues of around USD 13 million (EUR 12m) from the projects during their lifespan. This amount includes USD 3.9 million for the sale of the robots and their installation.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.927)

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