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.
Birds die flying over solar 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.
Here s why that won t change any time soon.
Air prompting some to weigh relocating.
The link between solar facilities and bird deaths is still unclear.
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15 september 2016 a rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in california is accidentally killing up to 6 000 birds every year with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight and spontaneously bursting into flames.
That s the name given to birds as their feathers ignite mid air after flying through a concentrated beam of sunlight.
Brutal smog from fires to worsen l a.
Brutal smog from fires to.
If they do they can basically get cooked by the high energy rays.
Billions of birds die annually from collisions with windows communication towers wind turbines and other human made objects.
Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.
Federal biologists say about 6 000 birds.
Such hapless birds can be burned to death killed by brute force when they.
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.
With a concentraing solar plant birds can be harmed when they fly too close to the path of the reflected solar energy.
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.
This mojave desert solar plant kills 6 000 birds a year.