EMP issues are very real for all commercially spec'd electronics - the US Electric Grid is, as are all grids around the world, quite vulnerable to natural and man made events.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/sunspotssolar-cycle
Geothermal is very efficient - likely one of the best options out there. It must be evaluated on a case by case basis however.
I personally would not rely on relatively shallow (less than 100 ft) ground water sources for open loop systems as there's a good possibility you'll run the well dry /...
Univ of Toledo passive product is extremely vague in its description -- likely "vaporware".
I'm designing a brute force approach to ground mount snow removal and it's an"extension" of an axis tracker -- mechanize the whole array to go vertical / perpendicular to the ground so that snow slides...
I'm new to the forum, don't have a business interest in Signature Solar, but have been working with Clay there and I'm 100% satisfied.
I'm getting an EG4 system (from what I can tell they're reliable and perform well) and he helped me with EG4's 18KPV Hybrid Inverter which provides 12kw of...
I agree - was hoping to put gravity to work to help resolve the issue.........I really don't want to spray deicers on the array if there's icy buildup -- not even sure if that's safe for the panels.