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VDE Americas Enhances Hail Risk Detection Model for Solar Parks

VDE Americas has updated its proprietary hail risk model by integrating new wind speed data. Hail accounts for 73% of total losses in the solar sector, according to insurance industry sources.


CountriesÉtats-Unis
ThemeInnovation & Transformation, Innovation sectorielle

VDE Americas, a California-based technical services and analysis company in the solar sector, unveiled an enhanced version of its proprietary hail risk assessment model. This update incorporates new wind speed data analysis to refine the detection of potentially damaging events. The company said severe convective storms striking solar parks are characterized by hailstones exceeding 45 mm in diameter.

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