Solar Panels for Heavy Snow Areas

The solar system developer Grid recently released a new model of its solar panel products "Tough Module."

The new model can resist 15,000 Pa wind pressure, six times more than normal products.

It has glass thickness of 4 mm, an edged structure on the inner part, and multiplied "tension bars" on the back side.

The company said the new product can resist snow of 2.5 m thickness and that it is good for heavy snow areas such as Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Hokuriku.

Shinken Housing: 2013/05/13
http://www.s-housing.jp/archives/40173
Grid (Japanese)
http://www.gridsolar.jp/