{"id":339990,"date":"2024-08-19T08:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T06:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339990"},"modified":"2024-08-19T08:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T06:09:07","slug":"all-hail-nuclear-because-solar-panels-cant-survive-hailstorms-or-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339990","title":{"rendered":"All Hail Nuclear: Because Solar Panels Can\u2019t Survive Hailstorms or\u00a0Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Solar panels deliver power for around 6 hours a day, struggle during wet\/cloudy weather and a decent hailstorm or hurricane wipes them out completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone recommending solar power as a solution to our growing need for electrical energy needs their head read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain parts of the world suffer regular, violent hailstorms, where hailstones outsize golf balls and sometimes match the, even larger, cricket ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That a little ice from the heavens can destroy millions of dollars\u2019 worth of solar panels in a matter of minutes ought to be a matter of serious concern for those in charge of a power grid, where solar increasingly dominates for a few hours either side of midday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is, of course, a solution: new-age nuclear. As this Sky News interview with Dr Adi Paterson makes plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018next big hailstorm\u2019 will destroy solar panels and the \u2018lights will go out\u2019<\/strong>
Sky News Australia
Adi Paterson
23 June 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former ANSTO Chief Executive Dr Adi Paterson says the next \u201cbig hailstorm\u201d will result in Australia losing \u201c500 megawatts\u201d of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced the Coalition\u2019s nuclear policy last week, including the seven proposed sites for the nuclear reactors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy fear for the Sydney basin is what I call the big hailstorm,\u201d Dr Paterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the big hailstorm comes, and a big hailstorm will come in the next 20 years, we will lose 500 megawatts of power in the Sydney Basin which is keeping the lights on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is AEMO\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis hail will smash the panels on our roofs, and the lights will go out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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