Solar Panels Hurricane Florence

41 photos to burgess florence and last year s hurricanes in particular maria make the case for distributed power such as rooftop solar panels.

Solar panels hurricane florence. Thomas an island in the virgin islands in september 2017. Solar industry has experienced unprecedented growth in the last few years. When hurricane maria struck puerto rico one year ago on sept. While the future of puerto rico s energy industry is the last thing on anyone s mind maria has undoubtedly setback one the island s fastest growing energy sources.

The demolished solar panels provided the sewage plant with 60 of its energy and was part of a two million dollar private investment approved by puerto rican governor alejandro padilla. The booming solar industry is about to face its first major durability test with hurricane florence a category 2 storm that is expected to hit the carolina coast by late thursday. Hurricane florence strikes southeastern u s. Hurricane irma for example destroyed a solar farm in st.

About a month later puerto rico s second largest solar farm lost a majority of its panels when hurricane maria touched down dealing a heavy blow to the island s solar industry. 20 it had sustained winds of 155 mph well above florence s wind speeds after landfall and some solar panel racks came loose. Fueled in large part by government mandates and lucrative subsidies the u s. In september 2018 ruff his wife jennifer and daughter maddi rode out hurricane florence in their supply n c home which is located about 30 miles southwest of wilmington n c one of the areas hit hardest by the storm and its flooding and about a dozen miles inland from the atlantic ocean.