How blue California and red Texas became green powerhouses | Despite wildly different approaches, both states are seeing massive growth in solar and wind energy. (yaleclimateconnections.org)

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, commercial-scale solar in the US tends to be installed on a mount allowing a single axis of rotation. This lets the owners rotate it into a vertical position when a hailstorm approaches, sharply reducing the amount of damage.

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