A PV module needs to be able to operate in different types of extreme weather conditions and an infinite increase in its size has the potential to bring significant risk to power plants. Hail is a ...

Hail strikes a solar module during PVEL’s hail stress sequence, which is now a required test in PVEL’s PV Module Product Qualification Program (PQP). PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has released a new hail ...

A Colorado Springs-based startup is looking for the skies to open and the hail to fall. Hailios will be testing its hail monitoring device in up to 20 neighborhoods in Colorado Springs, Denver and ...

In its 10th edition of the Module Reliability Scorecard, Kiwa PVEL added a new hail testing category. Image: Kiwa PVEL A record of 53 manufacturers and 388 module types have been named “Top Performers ...

The costs of a hail damage have ballooned over the past two decades, prompting researchers to resort to extreme measures to ...

REC has lifted the bar for solar durability with the Alpha Pure RX. The panel now resists 45 mm hail, handles 10,000 Pa loads ...

FLOWER MOUND - Hail can seriously damage homes. The risk, though, varies depending on the size of the stones. At Haag Engineering in Flower Mound, roofing materials take a beating in the name of ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Thunderstorms can happen anytime in the Lowcountry. They can pack a punch with lightning, gusty winds and hail, and though hail isn’t as common here in the Lowcountry, it can ...

When hail the size of golf balls or baseballs comes crashing down, the damage can be devastating. For solar farms — and the homeowners and businesses that rely on them — a single storm can shatter ...

Accelerated testing by French certification body Certisolis finds wide performance divergence and design vulnerabilities in ...