LAFAYETTE, La., Oct. 1 -- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette issued the following news release:

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories will host the second annual STORMS Workshop Oct. 8-9. STORMS stands for Strategies and Technologies for Operationally Resilient and Maximally-available Solar.

The national workshop will bring together researchers, industry leaders, utilities, government agencies and other solar energy stakeholders to examine emerging weather threats to photovoltaic systems and ways to strengthen the resilience and reliability of solar energy infrastructure. It will be held at the Picard Center on the UL Lafayette campus.

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