Problems with Solar Panels – level 2

06-09-2019 15:00

In the past few years, there was fire on seven Walmart store roofs. The company believes that Tesla’s solar panels are the problem. Now Walmart wants to remove the solar panels from 240 roofs.

The problem started in 2012, but between March and May 2018, there were big fires at three stores.

Walmart says that Tesla inspectors didn’t have basic solar training and knowledge and it is possible that they didn’t do their job well.

Walmart invested in solar energy for years. It had a deal with a company which put solar panels on the roofs and tesla bought this company in 2016.

Difficult words: store (a big shop), remove (take away), knowledge (information about something), deal (a contract).

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