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Hailstorms have hit the 350MW Fighting Jays solar project, raising questions about the solar industry’s ability to respond to extreme weather.

Hail represents a significant threat to PV modules, more so as climate change increases the potential for severe storms.

The New Normal: Navigating Climate Risks in Europe's Solar Energy Transition discussed how the solar sector can tackle climate risks in Europe.

Nextracker has published its financial results for the third quarter of the year, headlined by revenue of US$573 million.

Nextracker explains how its new products were made with a focus to the increased diversity of projects locations and weather conditions.

Smart solar irradiation and weather monitoring provide highly accurate measurements that make it easy to maintain optimal performance.

Utility-scale solar is evolving beyond traditional measurements, and performance ratio are one such metric that is likely to become obsolete, replaced by more modern criteria such as availability metrics. Carsten Steenberg, VP of product management and business development at Rainwise, explores the new metrics coming to the fore and discusses the importance of weather monitoring.

As an investor from a matured solar market in the West looking at India, Jonathan Selwyn, chairman of the UK retail investor-backed Downing Indian Solar EIS, discusses the experience of investing in Indian solar.

The regulator in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has rejected Indian conglomerate Adani’s call for a revaluation of the tariffs it is set to receive for developing the world’s largest solar plant, Adani sources have told Mercom Capital Group.

The average severity of insurance claims from the solar PV industry has increased by 87% over the past five years often as a result of extreme weather, according to new research from renewables insurance specialist GCube Underwriting.