Birds Burned By Solar Panels

Death by renewable energy.

Birds burned by solar panels.

One of their main complaints. Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels. With predators eating birds and bats that burn up in the plant s solar rays chasing. The third facility studied was the ivanpah solar electric generating system in bernardino county calif where birds can be burned as they pass through concentrated sunrays that are reflected off.

The ivanpah solar electric generating system the world s largest. And a novelist could pen a murder mystery titled. The burned up birds are being dubbed streamers after the poof of smoke produced by the igniting birds. It continues to operate as though there s an endless supply of birds to burn.

This mojave desert solar plant kills 6 000 birds a year. The vast field of solar panels which would generate enough electricity to power 230 000 average california homes according to its developer would kill birds. We have clarified this article to explain how the solar thermal plant differs from the far more common design used in photovoltaic solar farms. A coroner could use these signs to establish the cause of mass bird death.

Editor s note 9 september 2019. Bird problems and solutions. Here s why that won t change any time soon.