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.
Birds burned solar panels.
Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location.
Bird problems and solutions.
Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels.
So why is this happening.
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.
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.