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From a solar installer in Colorado: https://blog.namastesolar.com/hail-solar-panels-how-much-hail-can-solar-panels-handle https://blog.namastesolar.com/hail-sol
by johnconnolly 6y ago
From a solar installer in Colorado: https://blog.namastesolar.com/hail-solar-panels-how-much-hail-can-solar-panels-handle https://blog.namastesolar.com/hail-solar-panels-how-much-hai....
seems they're likely damaged by hail roughly the size of a golf ball, but in the link above they point to an example where 2.75in diameter hail did little damage to panels at NREL.
- CarbyAu 6y agoIt's "size of golfball" hail that makes me wonder if shielding the solar panel with 40mm wire mesh (often called chicken wire) is worth the solar efficiency loss. One thing about Climate Change is: more energy in the system means worse extreme events, and the less extreme events more often. But when is the cut over point?