Thousands of solar panels in Texas destroyed by hailstorm
Posted on AllSides March 26th, 2024
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Thousands of panels on a solar farm southwest of Houston, Texas, were damaged by a powerful hailstorm on March 15, according to local media outlets. Aerial footage showed rows of cracked photovoltaic cells at the Fighting Jays Solar Farm near Needville in Fort Bend County, local news channel KTRK reported on Saturday. Baseball-sized hail stones were observed falling in the area overnight, per Houston Chronicle. The solar project, which began producing power for Texas's energy grid in 2022, generates 350 megawatts across 3,300 acres of land and is expected to...
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