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‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm
(www.theguardian.com)
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I feel like that's too many in one area? Don't you have to be worried about the refraction from these? I remember a story of birds getting fried flying over a solar field in the desert, not sure if that would be the same case
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the bird issues in the desert were probably unique to the ivanpah test generators that focus a large numbers of mirrors at a single point to heat a molten salt powered generator. The idea behind them is the molten salt retains the heat and can be used to continue power generation throughout the night as well as the day.
The fact that feature isn't seen as valuable makes solar power look deeply unserious.