> by dying by fire in panels' collective solar flux
That is exclusive to concentrated solar[1], which is essentially obsolete.
> birds die by the thousands each year
A BILLION birds die each year from flying into windows in the US[2]. In fact the majority of birds killed at Ivanpah are killed by flying into the tower, not from being cooked.
> This pond will be covered in carcasses.
Nope! If a bird tries to fly into a rack-mounted panel, it'll probably die, because it's basically flying directly into the surface. If it tries to land on a FLAT panel, it'll be totally fine. Birds don't try landing on water by smashing directly into it.
Also, I have never heard of this "water landing" theory, I suspect its bullshit, and I'm very skeptical that there are many birds trying to do water landings in Texas due to the fact that there aren't a whole lotta lakes there because it's Texas.
That is exclusive to concentrated solar[1], which is essentially obsolete.
> birds die by the thousands each year
A BILLION birds die each year from flying into windows in the US[2]. In fact the majority of birds killed at Ivanpah are killed by flying into the tower, not from being cooked.
> This pond will be covered in carcasses.
Nope! If a bird tries to fly into a rack-mounted panel, it'll probably die, because it's basically flying directly into the surface. If it tries to land on a FLAT panel, it'll be totally fine. Birds don't try landing on water by smashing directly into it.
Also, I have never heard of this "water landing" theory, I suspect its bullshit, and I'm very skeptical that there are many birds trying to do water landings in Texas due to the fact that there aren't a whole lotta lakes there because it's Texas.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%E2%80%93window_collisions