Birds Exploding 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.

Birds exploding over solar panels.

But there s hardly any science examining how many birds deaths are caused solar. 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. 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. Yes birds have died at solar photovoltaic projects some of them from crashing into panels or other infrastructure.

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. The link between solar facilities and bird deaths is still unclear. The other solar farms analyzed by the investigators were of the newfangled trough and solar power.