Survival of the fittest

[Muhendis]

There has been an explosion at a service station in Ireland which sadly took the lives of three people but I noticed the roof of the building still has it's solar panels intact. 

Solar power is more resilient than we might otherwise think.

[flyingtlger]

At least there's a bright spot in this story.....

[Crossy]

If those panels are using the increasingly popular micro-inverters they would likely still be capable of generating if the grid was on.

 

I posted an image a while back of a Ukrainian solar farm that had been hit by a Russian missile, it was apparently back online at reduced capacity within hours. Put a missile into a conventional power plant and it may take rather longer to come back.