Birds Burned By Solar Panels

The ivanpah solar electric generating system the world s largest.

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. And a novelist could pen a murder mystery titled. 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.

Horror at the world s largest solar farm days after it opens as it is revealed panels are scorching birds that fly over them. Bird droppings at the base of a solar panel. Death by renewable energy. Coverage of the ivanpah bird problem has contributed to the unfounded misconception that solar panels may kill birds.

Bird problems and solutions. The burned up birds are being dubbed streamers after the poof of smoke produced by the igniting 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. This mojave desert solar plant kills 6 000 birds a year.

It continues to operate as though there s an endless supply of birds to burn. Here s why that won t change any time soon. Editor s note 9 september 2019.