Baseball-Size Hail Makes Insuring Solar and Wind Farms Pricier

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Solar plants and wind farms are getting harder to insure as the weather becomes more extreme, threatening to derail the clean-energy projects that are a key weapon in the battle against global warming.

The Scottsbluff solar farm in western Nebraska was built to withstand most hailstones. But the icy pellets that rained down in late June were bigger than baseballs.climate change

— smashed the bulk of Scottsbluff’s glass panels. Designed to power more than 650 local homes, the facility remains out of commission over a month later. Its owner, private developer

 

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