A giant solar plant in the US blows up hundreds of birds

Solar panels in the Nevada desert.

Working more recently in the Nevada desert solar power plant is causing the claims of animal rights activists.

The method of obtaining energy that looks absolutely environmentally friendly: about 350 thousand large mirrors controlled by computers, direct sunlight on the towers with boilers, from heating the water which, in turn, operate the turbine.

Located near the California border a power plant, which was invested about 2.2 billion dollars, is capable of supplying power 140 thousand homes. However, environmentalists are concerned about the massive loss of birds flying necessary object. The temperature of the mirror exceeds 500 degrees, so the birds simply roasted over the mirrors, which, from afar, can seem to them a pond.

Are the claims that the station have not passed the environmental assessment, served lawsuits, and preparing protests against the construction of similar facilities in other areas. According to environmentalists, the alternative to the huge plants to be the proliferation of private solar panels on roofs of homes, reports FoxNews.





Source: www.ridus.ru