cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32114416
Attacks on two DTEK solar farms last spring is a good example. They destroyed many solar panels and some of the transformers, which step up voltage for long distances or step it down for use in homes. Replacing the transformers and swapping out destroyed panels allowed the farms, which generate 400 megawatts, to be back up in seven days.
Timchenko said an attack on a thermal generating station, which experienced a similar amount of damage, took three to four months to rebuild.
The world’s leading producer of solar equipment, China, loves this, and will happily sell more “dual use” weapon components to Russia, so they can sell replacement solar equipment to Ukraine.