Birds Exploding Over Solar Panels

Birds bursting into flames above solar farm stirs calls to slow expansion the ivanpah solar electric generating system is seen in an aerial view on february 20 2014 in the mojave desert in california near primm nevada.

Birds exploding over solar panels.

The link between solar facilities and bird deaths is still unclear. But there s hardly any science examining how many birds deaths are caused solar. Originally published on february 18 2014 the us 2 2 billion. 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.

One leading theory suggests birds mistake the glare from solar panels for the surface of a lake and swoop in for a landing with. Meanwhile wind turbines and solar panels are going up at a record pace and scientists are reporting a full blown crisis in the disappearance of 29 percent of north american birds. The other solar farms analyzed by the investigators were of the newfangled trough and solar power.