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T40cfr403:
Why Do Solar Farms Kill Birds? Call in the AI Bird Watcher
https://www.wired.com/story/why-do-solar-farms-kill-birds-call-in-the-ai-bird-watcher/
Avian Solar Work Group - http://www.aviansolar.org/about-us.html
A preliminary assessment of avian mortality at utility-scale solar energy facilities in the United States
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148116301422#!
Birds spotted at Argonne?s solar facility (indicated with red boxes). Flight paths prior to perching are shown with red lines.Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
T40cfr403:
Indiana county adopts new solar energy ordinance requiring pollinator-friendly groundcover
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/07/indiana-county-adopts-first-ever-solar-energy-ordinance-requiring-pollinator-friendly-groundcover/
T40cfr403:
Wild birds face being euthanised if solar farm plans get go ahead warns owner
https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/wild-birds-face-being-euthanised-4211426
T40cfr403:
Solar tower in Northern Cape singeing birds, ecologist warns
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-09-10-solar-tower-in-northern-cape-singeing-birds-ecologist-warns/
SA study busts US claims that solar systems kill one bird per minute
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/environment/2357026/sa-study-busts-us-claims-that-solar-systems-kill-one-bird-per-minute/
Impact of solar towers on birds investigated - http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7666
Flamingoes in one of the evaporation ponds at Khi Solar One, where a 205-metre solar tower is surrounded by 4,200 heliostats.
The 205-metre concentrated solar power tower at Khi Solar One has a turbine at the top and high-pressure water pipes inside.
T40cfr403:
AI Camera System Captures Bird Activity at Solar Power Plants
https://www.novuslight.com/ai-camera-system-captures-bird-activity-at-solar-power-plants_N10994.html
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