The impact of a 'trough' Concentrated Solar Power facility on birds and other animals in the Northern Cape, South Africa

The environmental impacts of solar power generation and particularly Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) are not well understood. There have been reports of birds injured and killed by concentrated solar radiation at power 'towers' and from collisions with mirrors at both tower and 'trough...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeal, Corey
Other Authors: Ryan, Peter G
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25010