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Post by treetom on Mar 26, 2024 21:01:08 GMT -5
Thousands of acres of solar panels in Texas destroyed by hailstorm. Video.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 26, 2024 21:34:04 GMT -5
Welp somebody's gotta replace/repair them. Sounds like hobs to me. (My son in laws worked in a solar plant in southwest Ga)
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Post by tonyroma on Mar 26, 2024 22:18:47 GMT -5
Oil wells explode and dump millions of gallons into the gulf, who pays for that?
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Post by stc1993 on Mar 26, 2024 22:24:22 GMT -5
We have 1 at the USMC base here about 1/2 or 1/4 that size.
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Post by gandy on Mar 27, 2024 5:19:42 GMT -5
Google earth has blurred some solar fields local to me.  2021  2021  2023  |
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Post by cadman on Mar 27, 2024 5:47:35 GMT -5
I am sure they have insurance for such events. That is some damage.
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Post by jmarkb on Mar 27, 2024 6:04:37 GMT -5
I am sure they have insurance for such events. That is some damage. What Cad said. The fields belong to a power company. It will get fixed on their dime. |
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Post by jmarkb on Mar 27, 2024 6:05:26 GMT -5
Oil wells explode and dump millions of gallons into the gulf, who pays for that? Pretty sure it was BP |
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Post by jmarkb on Mar 27, 2024 6:08:26 GMT -5
There's likely to be some major damage around here when the sun comes up. It's been hailing off and on since about 10:00 or so last night. Some off it close to golf ball size.
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Post by slough on Mar 27, 2024 6:44:53 GMT -5
I am sure they have insurance for such events. That is some damage. What Cad said. The fields belong to a power company. It will get fixed on their dime. The solar fields are owned by private or investor base companies that sell the power to Power Companies. |
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Post by cadman on Mar 27, 2024 6:58:57 GMT -5
This was back on March 15th and it was baseball-sized hail that caused the damage. The solar farm is still producing electricity at a reduced rate. It is owned by a partnership. The article says solar panels can take a lot of abuse. Not sure anything can take baseball-size hail. Wonder what it did to homes and vehicles in the area. www.newsweek.com/thousands-solar-panels-texas-destroyed-hailstorm-1883546 |
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Post by johngalt on Mar 27, 2024 7:16:06 GMT -5
What Cad said. The fields belong to a power company. It will get fixed on their dime. The solar fields are owned by private or investor base companies that sell the power to Power Companies. The ones here in north Florida are owned by FPL and Duke Energy according the signs on the gates. They are destroying thousands of acres of good pasture land and crop land putting those ridiculous things up. I’m sure us taxpayers will be footing most of that hail damage through more subsidies to those energy companies. |
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Post by gandy on Mar 27, 2024 7:19:26 GMT -5
The solar fields are owned by private or investor base companies that sell the power to Power Companies. The ones here in north Florida are owned by FPL and Duke Energy according the signs on the gates. They are destroying thousands of acres of good pasture land and crop land putting those ridiculous things up. I’m sure us taxpayers will be footing most of that hail damage through more subsidies to those energy companies. Could run some aquaculture under those panels  zap-pow |
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Post by slough on Mar 27, 2024 14:43:49 GMT -5
The solar fields are owned by private or investor base companies that sell the power to Power Companies. The ones here in north Florida are owned by FPL and Duke Energy according the signs on the gates. They are destroying thousands of acres of good pasture land and crop land putting those ridiculous things up. I’m sure us taxpayers will be footing most of that hail damage through more subsidies to those energy companies. That is not the case here in Ga. |
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Post by tampaspicer on Mar 27, 2024 15:57:02 GMT -5
The ones here in north Florida are owned by FPL and Duke Energy according the signs on the gates. They are destroying thousands of acres of good pasture land and crop land putting those ridiculous things up. I’m sure us taxpayers will be footing most of that hail damage through more subsidies to those energy companies. That is not the case here in Ga. Aren't a lot of them co-op community based power fields? |
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