During hurricanes, blackouts can be as life-threatening as the heavy rains and gale-force winds that cause them.  Perhaps the most clear evidence of this was during Hurricane Maria in 2017, which devastated Puerto Rico’s aging electrical grid and cut power to many homes, schools and hospitals for more than 100 days, depriving many of critical … Continue reading Hurricane Winds Can Destroy Solar Panels, But Developers Are Working to Fortify Them