The world's largest solar plant is killing birds melting them with heat

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 22, 2024

Oct 22, 2024

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The downside of large scale concentrated beam solar thermal power generation:

Quote: The world's largest solar plant is awesomeâ€”unless you're a bird like the one in this image published by the corporation BrightSource Energy. This bird flew over the plant and was killed by its deadly heat levels, which can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (537C). Apparently, this was expected. Endquote

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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Aug 19, 2014

Ah ! This is really sad news. Similar situation is with Bats when they are flying in night and used to hit wind-mill but now a days they are working on system which prevent similar situation by shutting down wind-mill when there is Bat around.
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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Aug 19, 2014

..so are mobile towers distorting birds 'view' of the world. As I recon, birds view the world in electromagnetic vision and towers only distort the view.
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Aug 19, 2014

Yes, Harshad, that could be an issue too.
Bats at least have a sonar echo detectors which usually helps them in avoiding obstructions larger than a particular size. Domestic 3 Phase supply lines overhead are below the resolution of this. Bats with large wing spans do get electrocuted when they fly through the over head lines.
The huge crisscross EM waves that are all pervading at least in urban areas should be confusing the direction finding system of many birds as Durga says.
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Aug 19, 2014

Wondering if, this is so harmful to birds. This plant might be dangerous for ozone layer.
I wish there could be production of simplified small plant for single or few homes, like generator sets. Just buy fit and use electricity.
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Aug 19, 2014

The mirrors are plain mirrors. The reflected light from each is actually slightly less intense than the incoming solar radiation. But when millions of such mirrors are aligned to one receiving boiler the energy level is stupendous. This is safely absorbed by the special IR absorbing boiler surfaces and produce steam. The passing birds cannot see the beam. Those that accidentally cross the beam will be instantly blinded and cannot escape.

Unfortunately the collector array covers a very large territory and there is no way of preventing such events. Generally such stations are located in deserts with very little vegetation. Most living things are terrestrial creatures.
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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Aug 19, 2014

i just realised when I say electromagnetic vision, I meant electromagnetic feild , as nomal light too is EM wave right??? -_-
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Aug 19, 2014

durga
i just realised when I say electromagnetic vision, I meant electromagnetic feild , as nomal light too is EM wave right??? -_-
Right you are!
Pigeons were used as messengers in the past as they have EMF detectors behind their ears. These may certainly get confused. However, they can tap into the internet for Google Maps perhaps. So all may not be lost.
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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Aug 19, 2014

A.V.Ramani
Yes, Harshad, that could be an issue too.
Bats at least have a sonar echo detectors which usually helps them in avoiding obstructions larger than a particular size. Domestic 3 Phase supply lines overhead are below the resolution of this. Bats with large wing spans do get electrocuted when they fly through the over head lines.
The huge crisscross EM waves that are all pervading at least in urban areas should be confusing the direction finding system of many birds as Durga says.
Yes, Their ultrasound helps them but still they misguided by rotating blades and many bats gets killed.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 19, 2014

It's a common problem for almost every solar plant. I wrote about this in a news that we covered: #-Link-Snipped-#

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