How solar panels can protect dealerships in Canada's Hailstorm Alley

A Renewvia solar-panel parking shelter installed at a dealership in McKinney, Tex., protects vehicles parked outdoors and generates up to 80 per cent of the business's electrical needs. (Renewvia)

July 29, 2019 04:00 AM

In 2015 at his three dealerships in the heart of Alberta’s Hailstorm Alley, Garrett Scott felt Mother Nature’s wrath: 600 vehicles damaged with an average claim of $11,000.

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