And a novelist could pen a murder mystery titled.
Birds that die from solar panels.
Now compare this toll to the damage wrought by wind and solar power.
The estimate by biologists is that the ivanpah solar plant kills about 3 500 birds per year this way.
Oil spill off the coast of california 161 birds died as of the most recent count.
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.
For each power source wind solar oil and gas nuclear and coal the data on bird deaths is gathered from.
Federal biologists say about 6 000 birds die from collisions or immolation annually.
With a concentraing solar plant birds can be harmed when they fly too close to the path of the reflected solar energy.
The other solar farms analyzed by the investigators were of the newfangled trough and solar.
In response to growing accusations from both conservationists and conservatives that renewable energy sources like solar and wind kill too many birds u s.
Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.
A coroner could use these signs to establish the cause of mass bird death.
Here s why that won t change any time soon.
News and world report has compiled data on which energy industries are responsible for the most bird deaths every year.
Bird problems and solutions.
Death by renewable energy.
Bird barrier offers a solar panel protection kit to prevent birds from getting under the panels.
This mojave desert solar plant kills 6 000 birds a year.
Bird droppings at the base of a solar panel.