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I imagine having automation to turn the panels vertical during a hail would have saved a good portion of them. I assume these already have motors for turning, so it should be relatively cheap.

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And that system would pay for itself at the first event.

But most places will suffer 0 events on this scale in their lifetime, so it's not clear it would pay for itself on average.

Sure, then don't do it, and instead pay into a risk pool, aka insurance.

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