Alternative energy facilities are generally remote and consist of the largest and tallest structures in an area, making them magnets for lightning.
The strikes to components will generally be to the blades of wind turbines or to the actual panels in the field of solar farms, but the surge that is produced by the strike creates damage to circuitry and components which are connected to these blades and panels through power lines. The surge will travel up the lines and destroy anything it reaches through overloads.
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