The Ivanpah solar power plant faces not only problems due to its impact on wildlife, but also financial difficulties due to competition from cheaper, clean energy sources.
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The “lake effect” occurs when reflective photovoltaic (PV) panels are mistaken for water by migrating waterfowl and shorebirds. This misperception can cause birds to attempt to land,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world''s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources.
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The report, which calls the Ivanpah solar power plant a "megatrap," issues grave warnings about the threat that this relatively new technology poses to all species of birds.
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While solar energy is generally considered clean, the plant''s intense light reflection created an unexpected hazard for wildlife. The glare from the mirrors attracted insects, which in turn...
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After years of debate around the impact on desert wildlife, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System officially opened on Thursday (13/2) but environmental groups say the 350,000 gigantic mirrors are
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Estimates vary, but the number of bird deaths at the Ivanpah solar plant five miles south of the Nevada border is agreed to be in the thousands. Ivanpah uses mirrors to concentrate beams
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On January 14, during tests of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada, biologists observed 130 birds entering an area of concentrated solar energy
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An explosion and fire occurred in a silane gas room in a silicon thin-film photovoltaic module fabrication plant, resulting in one fatality, and completely destroyed the
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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
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