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Posted on 04/03/2026 7:28:18 AM PDT by Renkluaf
[...] On March 10, an EF-1 tornado (a relatively low-intensity storm) struck Wheatfield, Indiana. It directly hit the “Dunns Bridge I & II” solar projects, destroying a significant portion of the facility. According to Report 24, approximately 2.4 million solar modules were damaged or destroyed. Aerial footage showed rows of panels ripped from the ground and twisted metal frame.
The facility is valued at approximately $1 billion. According to sources, manufacturer warranties often exclude tornado damage, potentially leaving the operator (NIPSCO) or customers with a massive bill for reconstruction, unless the government steps in with a bailout plan.
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Yeah let’s destroy more farm land with this ridiculous BS.
The downside of destroying farmland
What kind of fortuitous tornado did we decide this one was?
Solar farms are insured like any income-producing business asset.
“unless the government steps in with a bailout plan”
How about hell no. The tornado damage should remain a learning opportunity for the investors, not a “learing” opportunity.
1min:5sec drone flyby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi8PxXvF2mw
Houston, we have a problem.
Darn the luck.
“…What about tornados? What will that do to a solar farm?”
“Uh, we’re going with the big-planet-little-funnel theory for mitigating those…”
Tornadoes loved Trailer Parks but now they’re getting a taste for Solar Farmings and they’re loving it
That does not mean that they will not leave toxic ground forever
True that. And my decentralized solar (think more expense saving than an income producing business asset) is insured as well by me increasing my homeowners insurance. That's part of the math on whether or not it's feasible to go solar and, if so, how much.
To be honest, before I did the solar/energy saving project I hadn't thought about how much my home's value had appreciated over the years. It taught me that all of us should review our home owners insurance every few years to make sure our coverage is enough to rebuild if needed, whether or not you do additions like adding solar or something else.
A lady posted pictures on facebook that one of those mega farms had sold out to a data center and that now that farm is gone. Being constructed in its place is a grotesquely massive data center.
That's bad. Are they going to eat data?
Spending my early years on a midwest farm, I can say even the dust devils out there in the midwest in the spring and summer could tear up a solar farm. I have been in the field working when a devil twister came through and they can be quite severe.
This is what stupid & greedy looks like.
Green Energy Scams have consequences. The cleanup costs should be borne by the developers not the communities. Bonds should be mandated covering all existing and any future projects sufficient to cover complete removal & cleanup.
It was a subsidized toxic dump they day they put it in.
Just viewed it on Google Maps.
It’s a massive and sits just east of the town.
Talk about wasted farmland....unreal.
Taxpayers should not be on the hook for rebuilding costs. Those who thought it was a good idea should pay up if they want it rebuilt, otherwise just scrap it.
You mean, like an automotive junkyard? Oh, that's right. It doesn't take tornado damage for that. It just takes a bunch of dead cars.
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