Closer inspection at the world's largest solar thermal power plant recently revealed some things which is rather different from what we've all believed to be true about light in the sky above the solar thermal power plant is not only wrong but, far from the truth!
A very analytically inspection reveals the shocking news today making it clear that, the source of the smoke is a bird which has inadvertently strayed into the white-hot heat above the plant's many reflecting mirrors. adding that,it's because, the BrightSource Energy plant near Ivanpah uses supercritical steam in place of photovoltaic energy, as such, the sun's heat is reflected off more than 300,000 mirrors to a single point, which is used to drive a steam turbine-leaving the downside of that to be a lethal for any wildlife that strays into the picture -- this has been before the facility opened without Government involvement, but now the government has gotten involved.
According to Government wildlife inspectors "insects are drawn to the highly reflective mirrors, which in turn lures local birds to their doom'. Adding that,BrightSource feels that the issue has been overblown, claiming that only 1,000 living creatures will die in a year, but the Center for Biological Diversity believes the actual figure is closer to 28,000.
Presently,The US Fish and Wildlife service is pushing for more information and an accurate calculation of the deaths before California grants the company any more permits for solar plants. That's because the next planned facility, close to the California - Arizona border, is directly beneath a flight path used by rare birds like the Golden Eagle and Peregrine Falcon etc.
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