Featured in Fork to the future – 09-2021

Just add more mettle

The resilience of a solar installation significantly depends on its ability to withstand the effects of wind. John Fitzgerald Weaver, a regular contributor to pv magazine USA and a solar installer based in Massachusetts, presents 13 options with cost considerations for storm-hardening PV systems.

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pv magazine

07 Sep 2021

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As our planet warms, severe wind events are projected to increase in strength, size, and frequency. Engineering for resilience can be easy: Just add more metal. However, since the PV industry competes with cheap fossil energy, prudent value-engineering is an essential, competing goal. With that in mind, 13 techniques and components (along with their …

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