Birds Burned Solar Panels

The sight of a bird being fried to death is so common at the ivanpah solar plant in california s mojave desert that workers have nicknamed the smouldering birds streamers because they leave tiny wisps of white smoke behind as they burn up in the sky.

Birds burned solar panels.

Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels. Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location. 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. 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.

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. Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.