Birds Burn Over Solar Panels

Bird problems and solutions.

Birds burn over solar panels.

Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location. According to the audubon society these birds deaths are related to large solar photovoltaic installations in the desert which to waterfowl can appear to look like bodies of water due to the reflectivity of the panels. Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels. The problem of bird deaths at solar power farms is a complex one.

So why is this happening. This results in birds colliding with the surface of the panels. 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 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.

Resident birds such as nighthawks and migrant species including yellow warblers have been feasting on caterpillars grasshoppers dragonflies beetles bees and wasps though far more bugs get.