After a hail storm destroyed hundreds of panels at Fighting Jay’s Solar farm in Fort Bend County, Texas, some have raised concerns that toxic chemicals could leak into water sources.
Nick Kaminski, a resident of the area, told KRIV-TV that he fears “highly toxic chemicals” could be “leaking into our water tables.”
A spokesperson for Representative Troy Nehls (R-TX), Emily Matthews, told Fox News Digital that the damage and potential water contamination “showcase[es] how our country cannot solely rely on or fully transition to renewable energy sources like this.”
Daniel Turner, the executive director of the group Power the Future, told the outlet that the storm serves as a reminder of the threats against the U.S. power grid if the nation relies too heavily upon solar energy.
“There’s this enormous shell game happening by the Biden administration, by the environmental left, presenting wind and solar as perfectly green, clean, and carbon-neutral,” Turner said. “They use all of these buzzwords. But they’re none of that and they also have enormous drawbacks. And it’s doing the American people a great disservice to obfuscate these very obvious shortcomings.”
According to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the parent company of Fighting Jays Solar’s developer, “The silicon-based panels contain no cadmium telluride and we have identified no risk to the local community or the environment.”
BREAKING: Hail storm in Damon texas on 3/24/24 destroys 1,000’s of acres of solar farms.
— Corey Thompson (@Roughneck2real) March 25, 2024
Who pays to fix this green energy? @StateFarm? @FarmBureau? @Allstate?
Or you the taxpayer? pic.twitter.com/GpNSaopObZ
