The growth of extreme weather and the growth of solar farms across portions of the U.S., particularly across Texas, are on a literal crash course.
As a result, the solar industry has begun to focus on new ways to mitigate risk. A critical component is more advanced hail forecasting. Namely, if we can better predict hail and exactly where it will fall, the solar companies can take steps to prevent, or reduce solar farm damage. The good news is that a new era of technology has arrived that uses a multi-radar approach to track the speed and direction of unique, individual storm cells. The latest weather forecasting allows real-time radar images of hailstorms when they approach a solar farm to warn its operators. Once storms begin to form, information on movement and estimated hail size is also evident on radar making it possible for meteorologists to track these storms right up to a particular solar farm.