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NEWS - Solarenergie kann zu Vogelsterben führen
Breaking News, March 17, 2016 Ivanpah the $2.2 billion dollar Solar project in the California desert, famous for frying birds that fly to close may have to shut down.Googles good intentions in the quest for clean energy sometimes has inadvertent environmental harm,Streamers are what Federal wildlife investigators call birds that fly through the concentrated sun rays and burn to death at the rate of one streamer every 2 minutes. Ivanpah officials dispute the source of the so-called streamers, saying at least some of the puffs of smoke mark insects and bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays.Federal wildlife officials said Ivanpah might act as a mega-trap for wildlife, with the bright light of the plant attracting insects, which in turn attract insect-eating birds that fly to their death in the intensely focused light rays.Google is one of 3 partners to invest millions in the 2.2 billion dollar BrightSource Energy plant, its largest solar energy plant in the World built at Ivanpah Dry Lake, California.More than 300,000 mirrors, each the size of a garage door, reflect solar rays onto three boiler towers each looming up to 40 stories high. The water inside is heated to produce steam, which turns turbines that generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes. Ivanpah Dry Lake, California October 9,2014 (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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