Damaging hailstorms can occur frequently across states like Texas and Illinois which have become major utility-scale solar ...

Catastrophic risk advisor VDE Americas today launched its VDE Hail Risk Atlas. Designed to forecast the economic risk of ...

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 ...

Hail can have the same impact as a small ... solar panels may not have the same protection. Solar panels often qualify for coverage, but if you install them after buying a home, it's worth re ...

VDE Americas, the global leader in technical advisory and catastrophic risk assessment and mitigation services for solar, ...

All damage then reduces the lifespan of a solar panel. The orientation of the roof relative to the direction of the hail can greatly affect the damage caused by hail to solar panels, the ...

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 ...

VDE's Hail Risk Atlas consists of proprietary intelligence that charts key weather and financial risk metrics from low-risk regions to the most dangerous “known zones.” Additionally, Hail Risk ...

Severe hail events have caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to US solar energy infrastructure ... energy industry a new tool in its asset protection arsenal.” For more than a ...