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VDE Americas Enhances Its Hail Risk Model for Solar Energy Installations

VDE Americas updated its hail risk model by integrating wind speed data, as hail accounts for 73% of total losses in the solar sector despite representing only 6% of reported insurance claims.

VDE Americas Enhances Its Hail Risk Model for Solar Energy Installations

CountriesÉtats-Unis
CompaniesVDE Americas
SectorÉnergie Solaire, Photovoltaïque
ThemeInnovation & Transformation, Innovation sectorielle

VDE Americas, a California-based company specializing in technical services and analysis for the solar sector, has launched an enhanced version of its proprietary hail risk assessment model. This update incorporates newly analyzed wind speed data to refine damage loss forecasts. Hail is now the primary threat to the solar industry, the company said.

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