In the Fox News article “Hail cripples massive solar farm, sparking resident concern about vulnerable ‘green’ tech”, by Thomas Catenacci, we get the first words about the damage and the dangers of hailstorms combined with solar energy.

An onslaught of hail in southeastern Texas that destroyed large portions of a massive solar farm is highlighting the perils of trading traditional power sources for vulnerable “green” alternatives and sparking concern about the potential for chemical leaks from the broken panels”, the article tells us.

While initial reports were concerned about the potential chemical leaks, later reports indicate that this is not an issue with this brand of solar panel; these do not contain cadmium telluride.

But there is a bigger issue here in that it covers almost every type of panels – they are covered with glass. According to Eco Watch, ”Virtually every rooftop solar panel you see has a sheet of glass over the solar cells”.

Am I the only person wondering why anyone would want to put thousands of acres of vulnerable glass-covered equipment – some of it with chemicals that are serious health risks to humans – in the state having more hailstorms than any other state; in fact, it has well more than twice as many as the next state, Nebraska? Power is lost as soon as the storm starts – and might not be back, depending on the amount of damage.

The article goes on to tell us that the “Solar farm developer confirms the project is running at ‘reduced capacity’ as a result of the storm”. Uh, one might think two things about that statement: 1. Even the simplest student in our academically-challenged school systems might figure that to be the case, and 2. Why would ‘reduced capacity’ be among the first things brought up when there are are acres of shattered glass, ruined land, and dead wildlife?

Catenacci notes:

An onslaught of hail in southeastern Texas that destroyed large portions of a massive solar farm is highlighting the perils of trading traditional power sources for vulnerable “green” alternatives. . .. Aerial footage captured the significant damage suffered by the Fighting Jays Solar farm in Fort Bend County, Texas. The March 15 storm shattered hundreds of panels…. The farm spans more than 3,000 acres. It is located about 40 miles from downtown Houston.

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, represents the community surrounding the solar farm and is engaged with those whose homes, businesses and property were destroyed by the storm, and seems to be using rational thinking:

“As far as solar farms being damaged where hail and tornadoes are common, those companies knowingly run the risk of building solar panel farms in these areas,” Matthews told Fox News Digital. “Events like this underscore the importance of having an all-of-the-above energy approach to meet our energy needs and showcase how our country cannot solely rely on or fully transition to renewable energy sources like this.”

The Denmark-based parent company, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, confirmed that much of the farm was taken out by the storm, but want us to know the plant is still operating:

“We are currently assessing the extent of the impact of the storm on the generation of the project, while the plant continues to safely operate at a reduced capacity.”

Let’s note that, while they rely on certain windy and sunny weather conditions, they should factor in that they are in hailstorm territory. The bottom line:

The destruction of the project, meanwhile, comes as the nation broadly races to replace existing fossil fuel power with green energy alternatives. But those plans have been criticized by experts who warn of those energy sources’ reliance on certain windy and sunny weather conditions.

The closing lines of this article should by the executive director of the energy watchdog group Power the Future, Daniel Turner’s sum everything up well:

“The storm’s impact could foreshadow future threats to the U.S. power grid if the nation transitions to a heavy reliance on solar energy.”

There’s this enormous shell game happening by the Biden administration, by the environmental left, presenting wind and solar as perfectly green, clean, and carbon-neutral,” Turner told Fox News Digital. “They use all of these buzzwords. But they’re none of that and they also have enormous drawbacks. And it’s doing the American people a great disservice to obfuscate these very obvious shortcomings.”

 

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