The third facility studied was the ivanpah solar electric generating system in bernardino county calif where birds can be burned as they pass through concentrated sunrays that are reflected off.
Birds burned solar panels.
Bird problems and solutions.
Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location.
So why is this happening.
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.
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.
Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels.