CNBC: Amazon Rooftop Fires Prompted Solar Panel Shutdown
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Essay by Eric Worrall
Last Year Amazon was forced to take all their solar panels offline, after the panels caused six separate fire and explosion incidents. Amazon blames third party installers for the problems.
Amazon took all U.S. solar rooftops offline last year after flurry of fires, electrical explosions
PUBLISHED THU, SEP 1 202212:10 PM EDTUPDATED 60 MIN AGO
Annie Palmer@ANNIERPALMER
Lora Kolodny@LORAKOLODNY
Between April 2020 and June 2021, solar panels atop Amazon fulfillment centers caught fire or experienced electrical explosions at least six different times.
“The rate of dangerous incidents is unacceptable, and above industry averages,” an Amazon employee wrote in an internal report viewed by CNBC.
Rooftop solar is part of Amazon’s broad plan to zero out emissions by 2040.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/02/cnbc-amazon-took-rooftop-solar-offline-after-roof-fires/
