Birds Explode Midflight Through Solar Panel Field

Environmentalists have hit out at a giant new solar farm in the mojave desert as mounting evidence reveals birds flying through the extremely hot thermal flux surrounding the towers are being.

Birds explode midflight through solar panel field.

At best they ll bless them with a splatter of droppings. 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. Matt sampson has the details. 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 plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair.

But if they knew better they d be grateful because installing solar panels at home is one of the best ways to help birds avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Solar power generators in california are causing birds to literally drop from the sky. Thousands of birds are flying into a new solar mega trap in the middle of. 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.

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 plume. 18 2014 11 49 am pdt 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. Ivanpah dry lake calif. That s the name given to birds as their feathers ignite mid air after flying through a concentrated beam of sunlight.