Super typhoon Ragasa devastates solar and wind farms in southern China

Typhoon Ragasa tore through China's Guangdong province last week, crippling solar and wind assets and exposing weaknesses in cost-cutting design standards.Super Typhoon Ragasa, the 18th storm of the season in China, struck Guangdong province on Sept. 24, making landfall near Yangjiang with sustained winds exceeding 60.2 meters per second. Classified as level 17, the storm held above level 12 winds for nearly ten hours, making it the strongest typhoon to hit the city in recent years. The storm caused extensive damage to solar energy infrastructure. At the 1,700-acre Xinye photovoltaic plant in ...

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