Birds Explode Midflight Through Solar Panel Field

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Birds explode midflight through solar panel field.

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. The report recommends among other things that nrg shut down the power plant during peak. 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. Thousands of birds are flying into a new solar mega trap in the middle of.

Solar power generators in california are causing birds to literally drop from the sky. Aug 19 2014 federal wildlife investigators in california are trying to halt a planned solar installation that would be twice as large as ivanpah solar electric generating system the world s. 18 2014 11 49 am pdt workers at a state of the art solar plant in the mojave desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant s concentrated sun rays streamers for the smoke. That s the name given to birds as their feathers ignite mid air after flying through a concentrated beam of sunlight.

Workers at a state of the art solar plant in the mojave desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant s concentrated sun rays streamers for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair. The problem has been going on since the site opened in 2014 and the team says it s trying everything to save the birds from a fiery fate. A bay area company is being urged to make changes to its state of the art solar plant since thousands of birds have been burned to death by its panels.