Energy Assessment
Yield assumptions get locked into financing before anyone measures the site. GroundWork establishes the ground truth baseline lenders require — before capital flows.
Extreme Weather – Hail Monitoring
GroundWork’s Hail Monitoring and Event Reporting Service delivers the highest accuracy for capturing hail events, providing critical data for insurance claims, risk assessment, and warranty validation. Designed for simplicity and reliability in the utility-scale solar operatong plant environment, our solution supports owners, operators, insurers, and stakeholders with unmatched precision. Our third-party Ground Truth hail event reports equip our clients with the necessary data to insure solar plants in hail-prone states.
The best solution for hail monitoring
The Eyewitness hail sensor offers unmatched accuracy by measuring hailstone size and kinetic energy more precisely than traditional radar systems. It’s simple, self-powered design is fully autonomous, featuring global cellular connectivity for fast and easy deployment. The Hail Monitoring and Event Reporting service is designed to inform and expedite parametric insurance claims, ensuring seamless claims processing.
Key features
Compact, self-contained sensors
- Measures hail sizes from 19mm to 75mm
- Global cellular setup for easy installation anywhere
- Mounting options at horizontal or plane-of-array on tracker
Real-time monitoring
- Hourly diagnostics, automatic firmware updates, and 24/7 data access
- Continuous monitoring, even in remote locations
Event-based reporting
- Onsite hail measurements combined with NWS data
- Automatic post-event reports designed to support parametric insurance policy claims
Hail Monitor
Hail Monitor on H-Frame
Hail Monitor mounting schematic
Testimonial
“They know their equipment really well – and have partnered with brands to get the features that they want and pushed manufacturers to improve their product.”
Services: deployment, active hail monitoring and device SLA
GroundWork specified and supported
- Determination of density and siting to meet insurance requirements
- Procured and scheduled during plant construction or operations
- Mounted, installed and commissioned by GroundWork field teams
Active hail monitoring
- Remotely monitored, real-time site-specific monitoring
- Diagnostics and uptime verification performed every 2 hours
- Data is transmitted and backed up in the cloud
- Automatically generated reports with API integration options
Device service level agreement (SLA)
- Firmware updates
- Replacement units in the event of failure
Defensible certainty before decisions become irreversible — from development through operations
Performance Test
Acceptance is when liability transfers from EPC to owner. GroundWork validates what you're accepting before schedules force the decision.
Plant Monitoring
Undetected performance loss without proof is unrecoverable. GroundWork provides the baseline to find it while remedies still exist.
Extreme Weather
When hail hits, insurance claims and warranty disputes follow. GroundWork provides independent event documentation and lab testing that holds up under scrutiny.
Module Performance
Not all modules perform as rated. GroundWork verifies the watts you paid for, so performance has a paper trail.