Amazon took all U.S. solar rooftops offline last year after flurry of fires, electrical explosions

[Counselor706]

The documents, which have never been made public, indicate that between April 2020 and June 2021, Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” in at least six of its 47 North American sites with solar installations, effecting 12.7% of such facilities. Arc flashes are a kind of electrical explosion.

“The rate of dangerous incidents is unacceptable, and above industry averages,” an Amazon employee wrote in one of the internal reports.

By June of last year, all of Amazon’s U.S. operations with solar had to be taken offline temporarily, internal documents show. The company had to ensure its systems were designed, installed and maintained properly before “re-energizing” any of them.

Amazon spokesperson Erika Howard told CNBC in a statement that the incidents involved systems run by partners, and that the company responded by voluntarily turning off its solar-powered roofs.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/ama...offline-last-year-after-fires-explosions.html

 

[ll74]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/ama...offline-last-year-after-fires-explosions.html

Sounds like their purchasing department got scammed for cheap/faulty solar panels.

 

[ll74]

Either that or they hired a shitty installation company

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Sounds like their purchasing department got scammed for cheap/faulty solar panels.

AS I recall, Bud Spencer was working on Arc Flash prevention designs....he's been quiet around here....maybe his doing eh?

 

[John_von_Neumann]

Sucks for Amazon. Do you have a point, miles?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Sucks for Amazon. Do you have a point, miles?

Solar = Green
Green = Biden
Solar Fail = Biden's fault

 

[PaxNurgle]

AS I recall, Bud Spencer was working on Arc Flash prevention designs....he's been quiet around here....maybe his doing eh?

He still posts here all the time; just not with that handle.
He has like seven of them.