The growing presence of solar panels in the state is increasing the risk of hail damage. This was evident when two years ago, a summer hailstorm in Texas caused more than $300 million in damage to ...

In this week’s announcement, Sedgwick said: “North America’s solar energy infrastructure is dramatically underprepared for catastrophic events like hail.” “Our goal with the introduction ...

Solar panels can save money ... One of the best ways to protect your panels from being destroyed by hail is to choose a panel ...

VDE Americas, a subsidiary of European technology organization VDE Group, has launched a hail risk atlas covering the United States. The atlas, designed to forecast the economic risk of solar ...

Severe hail events have caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to US solar energy infrastructure The majority of utility-scale solar plants exist in high-risk “Hail Alley” VDE Hail ...

Texas is the utility-scale solar ... hail region. The developer made several hardware and operational selections to get a better insurance rate. It installed 3.2mm tempered glass solar panels ...

which provides timely alerts to operators when severe hail is forecasted or imminent. This empowers solar farm managers to take preemptive action, such as moving panels into stow positions ...

The VDE Hail Risk Atlas is available for use on the Esri ArcGIS platform. Utility-scale solar facilities are critical sources of domestic power generation in the US. These assets, which can ...