Renewable Energy Sources/Sun/Concentrated Solar Towers

09 Jan 2017, https://www.audubon.org/news/why-solar-power-good-birds: Lynsy Smithon-Stanley and Liz Bergstrom write about different methods of solar energy production and their impact on birds, including PV. “Here’s how to go solar safely” – and not harmful. About systems with concentrated solar towers they write “The potential harm of this solar power method can be seen at the Ivanpah concentrated solar tower in California. In 2015, Ivanpah killed about seven birds per gigawatt hour of electricity produced—or more than 6,000 birds estimated over the course of the year. By comparison, the climate change impacts of burning fossil fuels are estimated to kill only one bird per gigawatt hour. Because of this, Audubon opposes any further construction of concentrated solar towers.”
Please also note our older contribution “Renewable Energy Sources/Sun/Solar Tower”