US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year

Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by rpedela on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:19PM (#15290530)

reference?

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by hodgesrm on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:30PM (#15290578)

The incinerated birds are called streamers. Here's a reference. [0]

[0] https://www.sciencealert.com/this-solar-plant-accidentally-i...

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by justincormack on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:45AM (#15291113)

And then it was adjusted and no birds have died since https://cleantechnica.com/2015/04/16/one-weird-trick-prevent...

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by Scramblejams on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:18AM (#15291228)

The fix described in that article was for the standby position. It doesn't explain why there would be zero bird mortality when power is being generated.

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by ericd on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:14PM (#15299820)

Very interesting, but it'd be nice if they'd mention that many thousands of times more are killed each year by building windows, and pet cats, to put things in perspective for people.

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by hodgesrm on Thursday September 21, 2017 @11:43AM (#15304584)

The bird deaths are mostly used by people who are against solar power (or this particular implementation of it) to begin with. Even if the article mentioned it but it would not change many minds.

Sad.

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