Dirt & dust
Saharan dust, pollen and salt air can cut output by up to 25%.
Mi Techo Care
Solar Panel Maintenance & Cleaning in Málaga and the Costa del Sol Mi Techo Care
Monitoring, inspection, professional cleaning and repairs for solar panels, inverters and batteries in Málaga, Marbella and across the Costa del Sol, with clear prices and annual care plans.
- 300+ installations completed
- Certified installers
- Costa del Sol
- Fast response
Close your contract online
Take out your Mi Techo Care maintenance contract
Choose a plan, sign digitally and set up the direct debit. You receive the signed contract by email straight away.
- Plan
- Details
- Contract
- Direct debit
- Done
Care Essential
The safe baseline
€12/month
VAT included
- 24/7 production monitoring
- 1 annual maintenance inspection
- Annual performance review
- Annual digital report
- Advice on manufacturer warranty claims
Most chosen
Care Plus
Most chosen
€21/month
VAT included
- Everything in Essential
- Annual professional panel cleaning
- Priority support
- We manage your warranty claims
Care Premium
Maximum protection
€32/month
VAT included
- Everything in Plus
- Priority response within 24h
- Firmware & software updates
- Extra optimisation visit
Mi Techo Care Comunidad
For communities of owners (VvE)
Community systems are quoted individually, no fixed online price is available.
- Everything in Premium, scaled to the community system
- Contract with the community administrator
- Price on quotation per installation
How Mi Techo Care works
One clear route: start with a Care Check, then choose the monthly cover that fits your system.
Why solar systems lose performance
A solar installation is not maintenance-free. Over the years, small issues quietly erode your yield, and you only notice on the electricity bill. Regular maintenance improves safety, performance and the lifespan of your system.
Software issues
Outdated inverter firmware silently limits production and features.
Loose connections
Thermal cycling loosens DC connectors, a real fire and yield risk.
Inverter warnings
Error codes often go unnoticed for months, costing hundreds of euros.
Battery issues
Degrading cells and wrong charge settings shorten battery life.
No monitoring
Without monitoring, a failed string can go undetected all season.
How to clean solar panels properly
Cleaning solar panels is not the same as hosing down a window. The glass carries an anti-reflective coating and the aluminium frame has seals that pressure, harsh chemicals or thermal shock will damage. Here is the method we use, and the one to follow yourself if your roof is genuinely safe to walk on.
- 1
Pick the right moment
Early morning or late evening, with cold glass. On a panel sitting at 60 °C the water evaporates instantly and leaves limescale rings that cost you more output than the dust did.
- 2
Remove the dry dust first
A soft brush or telescopic duster lifts loose Saharan dust. Scrubbing with water before the sand is off scratches the glass, calima dust is abrasive.
- 3
Use clean, low-mineral water
Demineralised or osmosis water at normal hose pressure. Costa del Sol tap water is hard and leaves calcium deposits that bond to the glass and attract more dirt.
- 4
Soft brush, horizontal strokes
Microfibre brush or a non-abrasive sponge, working along the frame. Never scrapers, scouring pads or metal brushes.
- 5
Rinse and air-dry
Rinse top to bottom and let the panels dry on their own. With soft water there is no need to towel off.
- 6
Check the yield afterwards
Compare the next day's production curve in your monitoring app against the days before. No improvement means dirt was never the issue, usually a dropped string, a failed optimiser or an inverter throttling on heat.
What you need to clean solar panels
- Microfibre brush on a telescopic pole (never stiff bristles or metal).
- Demineralised or osmosis water; with tap water, always rinse and never let it dry in the sun.
- A hose at normal tap pressure, no lance, no pressure washer.
- Gloves, non-slip footwear and, on any pitch or height, a safety line or scaffold tower.
- Your monitoring app open, so you can compare output before and after.
How often should solar panels be cleaned?
On the Costa del Sol the rule of thumb is twice a year, but it depends heavily on where the array sits. After a heavy calima episode, bring the clean forward: dried Saharan mud left by dust-laden rain is what really costs you output.
| Installation setting | Recommended frequency |
|---|---|
| Inland home, no building work nearby | 1–2 times a year |
| Within 2 km of the sea (salt air) | Twice a year |
| Next to fields, construction or a dusty road | Three times a year |
| After a calima followed by rain | One extra clean |
What never to do
- Pressure washers: they blow out the frame seals and void the manufacturer's warranty.
- Detergent, bleach, solvents or ammonia glass cleaner: they attack the anti-reflective coating.
- Cleaning at midday on hot glass: thermal shock causes microcracks.
- Standing on the panels to reach the back row: invisible microcracks that show up in your production data.
- Hard, calcium-rich tap water drying in the sun: it bakes a limescale film onto the glass that holds more dirt, the most common reason a DIY clean lowers output.
- Cleaning in full midday summer sun: on top of thermal shock, the water evaporates before you can rinse and leaves rings.
- Relying on rain to do the job: rain here usually falls through suspended dust and leaves the glass dirtier than before.
- Limescale removers or car polish: they leave a film and change how the glass handles light.
If the roof is pitched, over three metres high, or you would have to stand on the panels, don't. Most domestic solar accidents here are falls during cleaning, not electrical faults.
Why panels get dirty so fast on the Costa del Sol
This coast combines three things almost nowhere else in Europe has at once: Saharan dust, salt air and months without rain. The same installation soils far faster in Málaga than it would in northern Spain.
Calima (Saharan dust)
During a calima episode an easterly wind carries fine Sahara particles onto the glass. Add a light shower and it bakes into a film of dried mud that will not wash off. This is what triggers the sudden 'my panels look filthy' calls we get overnight.
Salt spray and sea breeze
Within two kilometres of the coast, marine aerosol leaves a salt layer that grabs and holds dust. It also accelerates corrosion on mounting rails and bolts, something we inspect on every visit.
Pollen, building work and drought
Spring pollen, construction dust in developing areas, and up to six months without useful rain. Rain here rarely cleans anything: it arrives loaded with suspended dust and often leaves the glass worse than before.
Bird droppings and leaves
A single opaque spot on one cell can trigger the bypass diode and switch off an entire section of the panel, and creates hotspots that permanently damage the module.
Solar panel cleaning & maintenance, what it costs
Real prices, no 'contact us for a quote'. All amounts are for installations up to ten panels with safe roof access; above ten panels the per-panel surcharge shown applies.
Read the step-by-step guide: how to clean solar panelsSolar panel cleaning price (one-off visit)
| Installation (no. of panels) | Care Check with cleaning | Cleaning only (add-on) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | €150 excl. VAT | €25 excl. VAT |
| 10 | €150 excl. VAT | €25 excl. VAT |
| 15 | €167.50 excl. VAT | €32.50 excl. VAT |
| 20 | €185 excl. VAT | €40 excl. VAT |
| 30 | €220 excl. VAT | €55 excl. VAT |
| Surcharge per extra panel (>10) | +€3.50 excl. VAT | +€1.50 excl. VAT |
excl. VAT
Solar panel maintenance price (monthly subscription)
| Installation (no. of panels) | Care Essential | Care Plus | Care Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | €12 per month | €21 per month | €32 per month |
| 10 | €12 per month | €21 per month | €32 per month |
| 15 | €14 per month | €25 per month | €37 per month |
| 20 | €16 per month | €29 per month | €42 per month |
| 30 | €20 per month | €37 per month | €52 per month |
| Surcharge per extra panel (>10) | +€0.40 per month | +€0.80 per month | +€1 per month |
incl. VAT
Difficult-access roofs, commercial arrays and community-of-owners buildings are quoted per installation once we've seen photos or the location. You get a fixed price within 24 hours.
Dirty panels or output dropping?
Book a Care Check with cleaning included, or move to a Mi Techo Care plan and stop thinking about it, we watch the production data and come out before your bill tells you something is wrong.
Solar maintenance company
A solar maintenance and cleaning company on the Costa del Sol
Mi Techo Solar SL is a registered company in Málaga specialising in the maintenance and cleaning of solar installations. We are not a call centre that subcontracts to strangers, the technicians who clean and inspect your panels are our own, with our own workshop and office in Málaga city.
Certified technicians
Our installers and service engineers are low-voltage certified (BTP) and trained on the brands we fit: DEYE, Solplanet, Enphase, Pylontech and LVTOPSUN. Every visit is carried out by a technician who knows your inverter.
Workmanship warranty
All maintenance and cleaning work carries a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If production does not recover as promised after a clean, we return at no charge and find the real cause.
Guaranteed response time
Care Plus and Premium clients get a guaranteed response time on faults: 48 working hours for priority calls and 24 hours for total production loss. It is written into the contract.
Physical office and workshop in Málaga
Calle Arquímedes 86, Local 9, 29100 Málaga. You can come and see us, sign your contract and pick up your report. A real street address, not a post box.
What our customers say on Google
We do not trade discounts for reviews. Our customers' genuine Google ratings reflect how we work day to day: punctual cleaning, technicians who explain what they do, and output that goes back up.
Looking for a serious solar maintenance company?
We are a local company with our own technicians, a written guarantee and an office in Málaga. Request a Care Check or a maintenance plan and we reply within 24 hours.
Solar panel maintenance & cleaning across Málaga and the Costa del Sol
We work out of Calle Arquímedes 86, Local 9 in Málaga and run fixed routes by area across the province, so your visit doesn't depend on a technician travelling down from somewhere else.
Areas we cover
- Málaga cityTeatinos, Este, Churriana, Campanillas, industrial estates
- Marbella & Puerto BanúsVillas, urbanisations and communities
- EsteponaCoastal homes and new developments
- FuengirolaApartment blocks and flat-roof penthouses
- BenalmádenaSeafront properties, heavy salt load
- Mijas & Mijas CostaHillside villas and campo properties
- TorremolinosCommunities and hospitality
- Benahavís & La ZagaletaLarge arrays with battery storage
- Torrox, Nerja & the AxarquíaGrouped weekly routes
- Alhaurín, Coín & the Guadalhorce valleyFarmland, higher dust load
Why maintenance here isn't optional
At around 1,750 kWh/kWp a year, the Costa del Sol out-produces almost anywhere in Europe, and soils faster too. Every percentage point lost to dirt is money you never recover over the life of the system.
- Calima: Saharan dust bonds with the first light rain and dries into a mud film that will not wash off by itself.
- Salt air: within 2 km of the sea, marine aerosol traps dust and speeds up corrosion on rails and bolts.
- Drought: up to six months without useful rain, so soiling stacks up season after season.
- Real losses: 15% soiling on a 5 kWp home system is roughly 1,300 kWh a year.
Request maintenance or cleaning in Málaga
Tell us where the system is and how many panels it has. You get a fixed price and the next available date on your area's route.
Step 1 · Start here
Mi Techo Care Check
From €150 excl. VAT
The Care Check is the entry point of Mi Techo Care: one complete on-site health check of your installation, with a digital report you keep. Calculate the exact price for your system in the calculator below.
What's included
- Visual inspection
- Solar panel cleaning
- Inverter inspection
- Battery inspection
- Monitoring check
- Production analysis
- Safety inspection
- Digital inspection report
You receive a photo-documented digital report within 48 hours of the visit.
Price calculator
Calculate your Care Check price
Set your system size and roof access to get an indicative price in seconds.
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Your indicative price
€175
excl. VAT · range €160 – €195
- Base Care Check visit€150
- Extra panels (above 8)+ €24
Indicative only. The final price is confirmed after we review your address and system details.
Step 2 · Choose your cover
Mi Techo Care Plans
Three service levels, one monthly price. Compare below and set the exact price in step 3 with the configurator.
Care Essential
The safe baseline
- Annual inspection
- Monitoring
- Annual report
Most chosen
Care Plus
- Everything in Essential
- Annual cleaning
- Priority support
Care Premium
Maximum protection
- Everything in Plus
- Priority response
- Software updates
- Discount on labour
- Annual optimisation visit
Step 3 · Build your subscription
Your monthly Care subscription
Choose your service level, the number of panels and the products you want covered, separately or as add-ons. Your choice is sent straight to the quote form in step 4.
1. Service level
- Everything in Essential
- Annual panel cleaning
- Priority support
- Warranty claim management
SLA & warranty, Care Plus
- First response
- Within 2 working days (priority)
- On-site visit
- Within 5 working days
- Preventive service
- Annual inspection + panel cleaning
- Monitoring & alerts
- 24/7 monitoring with performance alerts
- Warranty support
- We manage your warranty claims end-to-end
- Labour & parts
- Callout included, parts quoted
Response times apply on working days.
2. Number of solar panels
12
10 panels included, then €0.80 per extra panel per month.
3. Products & add-ons
Add only what you have. Each product can be covered separately.
Home battery
Health check, firmware & monitoring
+€5/mo
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EV charger
Annual safety & connection check
+€4/mo
0
Air conditioning unit
Filter clean & gas pressure check
+€6/mo
0
Heat pump
Annual service & performance check
+€7/mo
0
Extra inverter
Per additional inverter on site
+€3/mo
0
Electrical panel check
Yearly check of the distribution board
+€3/mo
0
Your Care plan
Two amounts: a one-off start visit, then your monthly subscription.
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Now, one-off start
- Start Care Check (inspection)
- €150
- Extra panels (2 above 10)
- +€7
- First panel cleaning
- included
One-off total€157
excl. VAT · €189.97 incl. VAT
The start visit scales with your system: panels above ten and each extra product add on-site work, at the discounted Care rate.You save €3 vs. the normal rate (€160).
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Then, every month
- Care Plus
- €21
- Extra panels (2)
- €1.60
Total per month€22.60
incl. VAT · €271.20/year
3
After 12 months
Your subscription plans the next annual inspection and cleaning automatically, no extra cost.
Monthly cancellable after the first year. No hidden costs.
Payment timeline
Exactly when you pay what
Two payments, no surprises: a one-off start visit and your monthly subscription. Everything after that is planned for you.
- Day 1 · one-off
Day 1 · one-off
Start Care Check
from €125 excl. VAT- Base rate up to 10 panels (€125 Essential, €150 Plus/Premium); above that €2.50–€3.50 per extra panel, and €15 – €35 per product per extra product, all at the reduced Care rate.
- Invoiced once, when your subscription starts.
- Care Plus & Premium (€150): the first panel cleaning is done during this same visit.
- Care Essential (€125): inspection only, add the first cleaning from €25 excl. VAT (+€1.50 per panel above ten) if you want it straight away.
Mini explanation: this is the on-site Care Check that starts your contract. It is invoiced once, separately from the monthly fee, and is quoted excluding VAT (21%).
Read in the SLA: “Payment moments: start, monthly and after 12 months” - From month 1 · recurring
From month 1 · recurring
Monthly subscription
€12 – €32 / month incl. VAT- Starts on your contract date and covers monitoring, alerts and support.
- The exact price depends on your plan, panel count and add-ons.
- Paying a full year up front gives 10% off the monthly fee.
Mini explanation: the monthly fee is shown including VAT and runs from your contract date. Your plan, panel count and add-ons set the exact amount.
Read in the SLA: commercial conditions & discounts - After 12 months · included
After 12 months · included
Annual service visit
No extra charge- We plan the next inspection automatically, around 12 months after the start visit.
- Care Plus & Premium: the annual cleaning is part of this visit.
- Care Essential: cleaning is not included, add the monthly cleaning add-on or book it per visit.
Mini explanation: the recurring service visit is already covered by your subscription. We contact you to plan it, roughly 12 months after the start visit.
Read in the SLA: included services per plan
See your exact amounts in the subscription configurator. Monthly cancellable after the first contract year.
Payment FAQ
Start payment, first visit & cleaning, explained
Everything you need to know about what you pay at the start, when the first Care Check happens, and how immediate cleaning works.
Step 4 · Confirm
Request your Mi Techo Care quote
Fixed price within 24 hours, tailored to your installation.
Get Your Free Solar & Battery Proposal
By requesting a Care Check or subscribing to a Care plan you accept our Mi Techo Care Terms & Conditions and Service Level Agreement. Something broken already? See our solar panel repairs.
Thinking about expanding your system?
Your Care engineer can advise on upgrades during the visit, and we install everything ourselves.
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