At the infamous altamont wind resource area alone more than 2 000 golden eagles have been killed by the wind turbines there.
Eagles killed by solar panels.
According to the fish and wildlife service as many as 500 golden eagles are killed by collisions with wind towers power lines buildings cars and trucks each year.
News and world report has compiled data on which energy industries are responsible for the most bird deaths every year.
Birds can be killed when they smash into the facility s solar panels the investigation concluded.
By stuart kaplow on december 10 2013 posted in sustainability last week the u s.
Bird scientist shawn smallwood testified that one large solar farm alone the ivanpah solar panel project in california likely kills 28 380 birds annually.
Ii the american bird conservancy estimates that the wind industry killed over 2 000 eagles in three decades.
The other solar farms analyzed by the investigators were of the newfangled trough and solar.
The development of large scale solar energy facilities on public land in the desert has been a top priority of the obama administration as it seeks to ease the nation s dependence on fossil.
Department of the interior issued the long awaited final regulation permitting the take injure kill or otherwise disturb of bald eagles and golden eagles for wind energy projects.
Okay to kill eagles with wind turbines but not with solar panels or.
For each power source wind solar oil and gas nuclear and coal the data on bird deaths is gathered from.
This is likely an underestimate because these estimates were based on 51 630 megawatts of installed wind.
If human life is worth 129 000 per year and coal kills 15 000 people a year in the u s that means the industry gets about 37 billion in death tax credits per year wind s death subsidy is only.
Meanwhile we ve built more wind turbines.
In response to growing accusations from both conservationists and conservatives that renewable energy sources like solar and wind kill too many birds u s.