A startup company founded by two Waterloo Engineering graduates has secured US $1.5 million in funding to help speed the development and adoption of its self-cleaning technology to make solar panels more efficient.
Swish Solar is based in Kitchener and has acquired customers in multiple countries in North America and the Middle East since it was launched last year by Miswar Syed and Amirhossein Boreiri (both MASc ’24, electrical and computer engineering).
“Solar panels can lose up to 60 per cent of their efficiency due to sand and snow buildup, costing the cleantech energy industry billions in lost revenue each year,” said Syed, the CEO of Swish Solar.
“We’re solving that problem with a sustainable, water-free cleaning solution powered by nanotechnology and AI. Our goal is to make solar truly self-sustaining: cleaner panels, higher energy yield and smarter operations that maximize every ray of sunlight.”
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