kWh Analytics flags top PV and BESS risks in 2025 report

According to kWh Analytics, the 2025 Solar Risk Assessment identified hail, AI misdiagnosis, and early battery failures as leading threats to PV and BESS performance.

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Hail has accounted for 73% of solar damage costs, with most PV sites exposed to 2-inch hail risk.

Hail has accounted for 73% of solar damage costs, with most PV sites exposed to 2-inch hail risk. Image Source: kWh Analytics

kWh Analytics, a US-based solar risk management firm, has released its 2025 Solar Risk Assessment report detailing key threats to PV and BESS systems. According to kWh Analytics, 99.27% of PV plants face a 10% annual probability of hail over 2 inches, with hail causing 73% of solar damage by cost. The report stated that US solar plants have underperformed by 8.6% on average, while AI tools without domain-specific training misidentified up to 20% of faults. Cybersecurity vulnerabilities were also highlighted as persistent. In battery systems, 28% of units inspected in 2024 had fire suppression flaws, and 72% of failures occurred within two years. kWh Analytics added that battery state-of-charge estimation errors exceeded 15% in many systems, affecting accuracy and reliability.

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