The increase in frequency and intensity of severe weather events associated with global climate change poses a growing risk to PV systems worldwide. These local and global risks range from outright destruction of power plants to long-term performance losses due to accelerated component and system degradation. Without concerted and event-specific resilience strategies, severe weather increasingly threatens the robustness and availability of PV generation worldwide.

This session will:

• Raise awareness of climate change and its implications for a solar-intensive energy economy
• Present a range of extreme-weather events that can impact PV power plants and identify/quantify the risks
• Share strategies for designing and siting storm-resilient PV systems
• Provide information on failure mechanisms and their root causes