Hail shattered most of the panels on the 5.2-megawatt solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska .

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[–]Scolias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's almost like they should have some sort of protection mechanism baked in. Weird.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The hail that is coming down is what is weird.

FTA:

The company that sold him the panels demonstrated their ability to resist hail damage by firing baseballs at it with a baseball cannon. They also drove a pickup over them. “They’re very durable,” he said.

The panels broke, so we can understand the hail was big and hit hard. Even here in Arkansas I saw this month solar panels busted in my neighborhood. But the world has not seen anything compared to what the prophecies of God warn against:

Hail and fire mingled with blood shall burn all the green grass and 1/3 of the trees. From book of Revelation

Later a plague of hail stones about 100 pounds each (1 talent) shall fall. And men will blaspheme God. But the correct response would be: Repent and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation.

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They make some spray on coatings that don't interfere, but they probably don't help much and are expensive. You can buy covers and throw it over your panels before a storm hits.

A big place like this' best bet, may be to tip the panels' angle as best they can before bad weather hits. It doesn't look like they did or could, from the picture. Yet, it sounds like the hail was so extreme nothing really could help much.