Tractors trapped, solar array in disarray after roof collapse - Nashoba Publishing Online

HARVARD -- Courtesy of a lift from Ayer Fire Department Ladder 1, the Harvard Fire Department got an aerial view of the roof collapse Sunday morning at the Appleworks building at 325 Ayer Road. The firefighters discovered a 20-foot by 40-foot hole through the roof, caused by the weight of accumulated snow and ice.
...Atop the roof was a newly installed solar array, which is now in partial disarray.

A quarter of the 80,000 square-foot Appleworks Building was covered by solar panels. The solar field was installed last March and went online in June.

Building owner Nicholas Dean said nine solar panels are now standing on end, sunk into the snow inside the building where the roof caved in. The system, which supplies 30 percent of the buildings' energy needs, or about $30,000 in savings annually, is now offline. "We
can't run any of them until it's all repaired."