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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rooftop solar panels and complimentary battery storage units have become a popular option for Houstonians looking to minimize power disruptions during extreme weather events. Solar owners, however, ...

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, ...

In 2019, a hailstorm at the Midway Solar project in West Texas caused the destruction of 400,000 of the plant’s 685,000 photovoltaic panels, in one of the most glaring examples of the extreme weather ...

It’s a solar panel system’s worst nightmare: a hail storm. Array Technologies last week announced it was offering a new product, Hail Alert Response, which relies on patented technology invented in ...

VDE Americas has enhanced its proprietary Hail Risk Model with newly analyzed wind speed data, improving the accuracy of hail damage predictions for solar ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTC Solar, Inc. (FTCI), a leading innovator in solar tracking systems and software, today announced the launch of automated 80° high angle stow ...

GCube Insurance (GCube), an underwriter for renewable energy has released a report stating that the solar industry needs to confront the escalating frequency and severity of hailstorms with pragmatic, ...

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 ...

A large solar farm about an hour southwest of Houston has attracted online attention after photos and videos emerged showing extensive damage to the panels in the aftermath of a severe hailstorm in ...