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Damp heat testing of solar PV modules yielded 11% 'red flag' results in RETC's latest PV Module Index Report.

Solar PV project performance in the US can be significantly impacted by the impacts of hailstorms, stowing methods and fire.

Renew Risk has launched a 'first-of-its-kind' model to forecast the impacts of thunderstorms on utility-scale solar projects in the US.

Kiwa PVEL has updated its solar module Production Qualification Program to better assess the performance of solar PV modules.

VDE Americas has updated its hail risk model with new wind data, claiming it will improve the accuracy of hail-damage predictions for PV projects.

New data suggests the traditional assumptions behind hail stow modelling may be underestimating the likelihood of damage to a PV system.

US tracker manufacturer FTC Solar has launched an automated 80 degree hail stow angle for its flagship 1P Pioneer tracker.

JA Solar's CTO, Zi Ouyang, discusses the company's latest module technologies and why the future is tandem.

VDE Americas has verified the successful deployment of the hail mitigation function of GameChange Solar’s Genius trackers.

PV Talk: Jon Previtali of VDE Americas explains the hard science behind managing hail risk, one of the costliest sources of damage to PV projects.