A massive hailstorm on March 15 crippled a 3,000-acre solar panel facility 40 miles outside of Houston. The storm shattered hundreds of panels and led nearby residents to worry that toxic
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On March 16th, near Needville Texas, thousands of solar panels were destroyed by a powerful hailstorm, causing significant damage to a large 10,000-acre solar farm in the area.
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Thousands of panels on a solar farm southwest of Houston, Texas, were damaged by a powerful hailstorm on March 15.
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Solar panels destroyed by severe weather last week are now scattered across several fields in Lamar County.
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An onslaught of hail in southeastern Texas that destroyed large portions of a massive solar farm is highlighting the perils of trading traditional power sources for vulnerable "green"...
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A massive solar farm of two million panels in the Mojave Desert is heading for dormancy just 11 years after going into operation. The Ivanpah installation was once the largest project of its
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Hail is becoming a prominent issue for the PV industry as more sites are being built in the central U.S. — a hail-prone region — and modules are moving towards larger formats with
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Like many in the solar industry, I was devastated to read about the loss of thousands of solar panels outside of Houston, Texas due to a severe hailstorm earlier this week. America needs
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Recent news of a severe hailstorm damaging a solar farm in Texas included headlines stating that broken panels could pose a threat to the environment. This is false. The truth is that solar
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On March 15th, a hailstorm destroyed thousands of solar panels on a solar farm in Texas, leaving shards of glass throughout the land and the possibility of chemicals leaking into the
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