Featured in Weathering the storm in 2022 – 12-2022

Weather-proofing wisdom

Going above and beyond can drive up costs when it comes to solar project features such as racking height and module glass strength. But in an ever-warming world, it could take only one extreme weather event to destroy investments. Clean Energy Associates VP for technology Paul Wormser offers a few tips for developers.

Many types of risk can keep solar and storage project developers up at night. One is the potential threat of natural disaster. As we’ve seen in recent years, the warming climate is associated with more frequent and stronger hurricanes, floods, hailstorms, and wildfires, which can imperil the very clean energy projects working to slow climate …

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