Solar Panel Theft is Rampant in California Wineries : TreeHugger

What do you get when you make a sizable investment in technology so that you can be ethical and environmentally responsible?  Well, if you are a Napa Valley vintner the answer may be robbed, according to this article on TreeHugger.com.  Apparently there has been a rash of thefts, people stealing ground mounted solar panels.  In large quantities, too.

If stealing solar panels is your gig, the wineries are truly full of low hanging fruit. ZD Wines president Brett de Leuze tells the Wine Spectator:

“Our solar panels are ground-mounted at the far end of our vineyard. And in November, we are not regularly in the vineyard, so we didn’t even notice the theft until several weeks after it happened,” said De Leuze. “The first time they took 200 of our 700 panels, and the second time, 44.”

Read the full article here.