Electrical fault at PV plant triggers forest fire in Spain

A forest fire in southern Spain that burned roughly 800 hectares of pasture, crops, and oak forests originated in an electrical box of a photovoltaic plant's tracking system, according to the Civil Guard's Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA). From pv magazine Spain A forest fire that burned roughly 800 hectares in Casas de Don Pedro, in Spain's southern province of Badajoz, in June originated inside a photovoltaic plant, according to SEPRONA. Investigators determined through forensic inspection that the fire began in a box that overheated the solar panel tracking system. It spread rapidly due ...

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