On March 15, 2024, thousands of solar panels installed at the 3,300-acre Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Fort Bend County, Houston, Texas, were damaged after a powerful hailstorm hit the area. Even as ...

Terrasmart is rolling out a new stow feature for its single-axis tracker that can protect solar panels from destructive hailstorms. Terrasmart focuses on optimizing the performance and efficiency of ...

When golf ball-sized hail started hammering Texas last spring, solar panels across the state faced their ultimate test. The verdict? Most panels emerged unscathed, proving that today's solar ...

Array Technologies, a utility-scale PV tracker supplier, said at the RE+ solar industry conference in September that it is developing a new solar tracker with a 77-degree stowing tilt capability. The ...

Kia America found a clever way to protect newly assembled vehicles from hail. The hail protection system that’s being installed at its factory in Georgia integrates solar panels. The 17,000 solar ...

AUSTIN, Texas, May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FTC Solar (FTCI), Inc. (Nasdaq: FTCI) a leading provider of innovative solar energy solutions, announces the launch of its Automated Hail Stow Solution, ...

GameChange Solar Leads Research Upending the Current Understanding of Hail Storm Mitigation Strategies for Trackers ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a baseball-sized hailstone slams into a solar panel at more than 90 mph, the result is not ...

DAMON, Texas — A viewer asked if a viral video of several damaged solar panels in Damon, Texas is real. The post has been viewed on social media more than 4 million times. The March 15 storm moving ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To avoid the fallout from one aspect of Colorado weather — hail — and take advantage of another — abundant sun — an auto dealership in Frederick has combined ...

With 17,000 solar panels, Kia’s now-protected car park in Georgia will output up to 13 MW of power. Kia America found a clever way to protect newly assembled vehicles from hail. The hail protection ...