Birds Fried By Solar Panels

Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location.

Birds fried by 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. Every species of bird. But that hypothesis is from a human perspective. 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 from birds that ignite in.

So why is this happening. Bird problems and solutions. Therefore audubon reports even if wind turbines are retrofitted. Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels.

One leading theory suggests birds mistake the glare from solar panels for the surface of a lake and swoop in for a landing with deadly results.