Another solar farm destroyed by a hail storm—this time in Texas

For those who might recall how a 2023 hail storm in western Nebraska destroyed a Scottsbluff, Nebraska solar farm and its 14,000 solar panels, a similar event occurred earlier this month near Houston, Texas.

BREAKING: Hail storm in Damon texas on 3/24/24 destroys 1,000’s of acres of solar farms.

Who pays to fix this green energy? @StateFarm? @FarmBureau? @Allstate?

Or you the taxpayer? pic.twitter.com/GpNSaopObZ

— Corey Thompson (@Roughneck2real) March 25, 2024

A March 15 hail storm hit the solar farm near the town of Damon and baseball-sized hail took quick work of the Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Fort Bend County. The two-year old solar farm generated 350 megawatts across 3,300 acres of land, according to KTRK TV News.

Here’s what the Nebraska hail storm did last June.

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