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.
Birds burned solar panels.
So why is this happening.
This is even a problem for solar panel facilities which see up to 138 000 bird deaths per year in the us from collisions with equipment.
A macabre fireworks show unfolds each day along i 15 west of las vegas as birds fly into concentrated beams of sunlight and are instantly incinerated leaving wisps of white smoke against the blue.
Bird problems and solutions.
Environmentalists have hit out at a giant new solar farm in the mojave desert as mounting evidence reveals birds flying through the extremely hot thermal flux surrounding the towers are being.
Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location.