{"id":4228,"date":"2026-04-20T18:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/hidden-risks-in-green-energy-insurance-gaps-in-solar-batteries-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:22:28","slug":"hidden-risks-in-green-energy-insurance-gaps-in-solar-batteries-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/hidden-risks-in-green-energy-insurance-gaps-in-solar-batteries-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden risks in green energy: Insurance gaps in solar, batteries, and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/ca\/120\/0395_638059421126532751.png\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/ca\/120\/0395_638059420691192414.png\" style=\"width: 140px; height: 35px;\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/ca\/120\/0395_638059420844454320.png\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 36px;\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn this episode of <em>IB Talk<\/em>, <em>Insurance Business<\/em> editor Gia Snape sits down with Howden US&#8217; Jared Dubrowski to unpack a growing blind spot in the global push toward sustainability: the hidden risks embedded in green energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>As investment pours into solar, wind and battery storage, these assets are widely seen as environmentally friendly alternatives to carbon-based energy. But Dubrowski challenges that assumption, pointing to a critical issue often overlooked by project owners and insurers alike\u2014the full lifecycle of these technologies.<\/p>\n<p>From lithium-ion battery fires to the disposal of aging solar panels, the conversation explores how environmental exposures don\u2019t end when energy is generated. Instead, they shift to end-of-life risks, including hazardous materials, landfill liability, and the long-tail impact of improper disposal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &#13; In this episode of IB Talk, Insurance Business editor Gia Snape sits down with Howden US&#8217; Jared Dubrowski to unpack a growing blind spot in the global push toward sustainability: the hidden risks embedded in green energy technologies. As investment pours into solar, wind and battery storage, these assets are widely seen as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1590,2650,312,3003,1690,11,283,1886],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-batteries","tag-energy","tag-gaps","tag-green","tag-hidden","tag-insurance","tag-risks","tag-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}