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Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste problem
« on: May 05, 2025, 10:42:33 am »
Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste problem
The hailstorm struck the 3,204-acre "Fighting Jays" solar farm — the equivalent of nearly 2,500 football fields. Aerial video shows panels shattered with multiple impact points all along the fields of panels.
 
By Kevin Killough
Published: March 27, 2024 11:00pm
 
A massive solar farm near Houston, Texas, suffered extensive damage from a hail storm. Hail presents a major risk to solar farms, which can add to a growing e-waste problem from the industry. 
 
The hailstorm struck the 3,204-acre "Fighting Jays" solar farm — the equivalent of nearly 2,500 football fields — on March 17. Aerial video shows panels shattered with multiple impact points all along the fields of panels.

A YouTube channel called “Bouken is Adventure,” about a couple of “empty nesters” who make videos about their travels, posted a video about the damage to the solar farm. The couple lives near Guy, Texas, where the facility is located.

Ian McConkey explains in a video that the storm produced 3.5 inches of rain in 15 minutes, as well as a “tremendous amount of hail.” Some reports, McConkey said, measured softball-sized hail.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/solar-farm-size-2500-football-fields-destroyed-texas-amid-growing-solar-e
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Re: Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste probl
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2025, 10:43:59 am »
I think it would be so relaxing to take a folding chair out to the site and just watch the panels! 8bs8
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Re: Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste probl
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2025, 10:59:29 am »
For a the green stuff they have pussed on us, there sure is a lot of stuff that is not recyclable. 
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Re: Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste probl
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2025, 11:35:32 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on May 05, 2025, 10:42:33 am
Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste problem
The hailstorm struck the 3,204-acre "Fighting Jays" solar farm -  the equivalent of nearly 2,500 football fields. Aerial video shows panels shattered with multiple impact points all along the fields of panels.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/solar-farm-size-2500-football-fields-destroyed-texas-amid-growing-solar-e
Now that land can never grow food for human consumption due to all the heavy metals  washed into the soil.
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Re: Solar farm the size of 2,500 football fields destroyed in Texas amid growing solar e-waste probl
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2025, 11:41:02 am »
Weather happens.

Renewable infstratructure needs to be as resilient as traditional infrastructure to be of any economic value.

These solar farms and wind farms are unprofitable, inefficient money pits and boondoggles for Big Green.

If these renewable technologies were truly economical, the Government would not have to create artificial public markets and public subsidies for them.

The Green New Deal is another exercise in failed centralized government economic planning.

If there is a dollar to be made, private enterprise will find a way.
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