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In June 2025, we published our 7th Annual Solar Risk Assessment, which details risks identified by industry experts to solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets. But after years of compiling that report, we recognized that something was missing from the industry conversation. While understanding risks is essential, we also need to celebrate and learn from our successes. That’s why we’re proud to introduce the inaugural Resilient Power Report — a companion publication to our annual Solar Risk Assessment focused on what happens when renewable energy infrastructure is designed, operated, and protected with best practices in mind.
The report draws on real-world case studies from across the industry to highlight what resilience looks like in practice. It is intended not just as a resource for risk managers, but as a playbook for developers, asset owners, and financiers who want to build and operate projects that last. We hope it becomes an annual tradition that grows alongside the industry it serves.
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Top three takeaways
Automated hail stow works — and it cuts insurance costs.
How you build matters more than how hard the storm hits.
Resilience is now proven, scalable, and financially rewarded.
Featured articles
When Insurance Drives Innovation: How Hail Stow Tech Cut Deductible by 50%
By: Nikky Venkataraman, kWh Analytics
Hail is becoming an increasingly perilous issue for solar project owners, even outside of Texas. Some owners own only a few small solar projects, and as a result, are not aware of the latest innovations that are coming to market. As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, traditional insurance carriers protect themselves by withdrawing coverage or imposing prohibitive terms and conditions, leaving asset owners with limited options to protect their investments. This dynamic has created an unexpected catalyst: insurance requirements driving technological innovation.
Extreme weather resilience lessons from satellite imagery
By: Dirk C. Jordan, Kirsten Perry, Quyen Nguyen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Satellite imagery analysis of extreme weather events reveals that strategic design choices and operational protocols can dramatically reduce solar asset damage. Recent studies of hurricane and hail events demonstrate that while weather severity matters, resilient design practices often determine whether a solar installation survives intact or suffers catastrophic losses. The data shows that proper mounting systems, component selection, and operational protocols can protect solar assets even during record-breaking weather events.
Tech Review of New Defensive Hail Stow System Confirms 100% Success Across Multi-Day Severe Convective Storm Outbreak in Arkansas
By: Jonathan Ostrom Allen, VDE Americas
Rare but expensive catastrophic solar losses are on the rise as project development activities expand to hail-exposed regions in Africa, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. Earlier this year, climate insurance provider kWh Analytics reported that hail accounts for 6% of its solar project insurance claims by volume but roughly 73% of total dollar losses. Meanwhile, specialty insurer GCube has noted that its average solar hail claim expense is over $58 million. Automated stow protocols are increasingly deployed in utility applications to prevent physical damage and financial losses.
Building Wind Resiliency on the Frontlines: Lessons from Mayreau
By: Frank Oudheusden, Azimuth Advisory Services and Resilient Solarworks
The Caribbean is one of the most demanding proving grounds for solar energy, where high winds and corrosive environments make long-term performance an extraordinary challenge. On the small island of Mayreau, repeated Category 4–5 hurricanes have revealed both vulnerabilities and opportunities in solar design.
For the past eight years, Azimuth Advisory Services (AAS) has provided boots-on-the-ground forensic analysis only weeks after major hurricane landfalls. Those lessons learned have culminated in the Solar Under Storm I (2017), II (2020), and III (2025) reports on solar resiliency, co-authored and funded by RMI.
“Rising energy requirements and costs demand that we succeed, and the case studies in this report prove we can. By documenting and scaling what works, we can build renewables infrastructure that’s worthy of a long and sustainable energy future.”
