It seems that more so than anywhere else floating solar panels attract birds and their droppings.
Are solar panels bad for birds.
Rodents like squirrels also commonly travel under the panels and chew wiring.
This is called a lake effect birds have been found dead wounded or stranded at several solar projects in the desert.
Birds love the shelter provided underneath solar panels and can deposit significant droppings and nesting materials.
Solar photovoltaic projects consist of hundreds or thousands of solar panels that convert sunlight directly into electricity.
Birds also can land on top of the panels.
Meanwhile wind turbines and solar panels are going up at a record pace and scientists are reporting a full blown crisis in the disappearance of 29 percent of north american birds.
You can buy plastic strips and attach them to the panels to help stop animals being able to squeeze underneath bright green renewables advises.
Another problem with large solar farms is that birds sometimes mistake the glossy blue expanse of solar panels for bodies of water and try to land on them.
This is even a problem for solar panel facilities which see up to 138 000 bird deaths per year in the us from collisions with equipment.
Large solar fields such as those that have been built in the last several years in southern california and the desert southwest can fool birds into changing flight direction sometimes during migration to approach them because they appear to be lakes from a distance.
The result is heavy soiling from bird droppings virtually from day one.
Birds nesting under your solar panels birds or even squirrels making their home under your solar panels is a pain especially if they scratch them damage the wiring or soil them.
Stone the crows you may think.
Solar panels and the floats between rows of panels provide just such a place.
Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.
Birds can rest and nest without disturbance.
With a concentraing solar plant birds can be harmed when they fly too close to the path of the reflected solar energy.
If they do they can basically get cooked by the high energy rays.
Installation is a snap thanks to specially designed clips that will not scratch or affect the integrity of the solar panels.
