Solar panels and biodiversity

Solar panels use now a day is increasing day by day because it is a key element to produce an eco-friendly and alternative source of energy. due to the energy crises, the energy need will increase in the future so far that a huge number of solar panels will be used all over the world. For this purpose, the researchers take it as an eco-conservative concern.

Peril to biodiversity

Mr. Bruce Robertson, Research Associate, from Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University says that it is a possible and clear threat to biodiversity. He told us that the shining dark surface of the solar cells, which reflect the sunlight is the same as water surfaces that result in aquatic insects like mayflies depositing their eggs on the solar panels.

The solar panels will be posing a false habitat hazard, risky to more than 300 species of insects. It will lead to a reproductive failure that may have far-reaching cascading contrary effects to the food chain. These insects fall prey to predators. This sort of data was provided and given in the research, the research was held in Hungary.

False or incorrect Surface

Mr. Robertson and his research colleagues after the research in Hungary had indicated and mentioned in their article that reflected sunlight from expanses or enlargement of the dark surfaces which are shiny like glass-clad buildings, vehicles, solar panels of all sizes leads to badly for polarized light pollution. Because such dark shiny surfaces cause, the caddisflies and other aquatic insects to mistake and incorrect shining surface to water surface to lay their eggs.

How to bring lower, reduce that threat

According to Mr. Robertson, white marking of solar cells may reduce this threat largely. The calculations made by researchers show that white marking the solar panels will not affect the efficiency and working performance of the solar panels. The researchers had discovered in the research that the aquatic insects are no more threat, by fixing white-color grids and other methods to break up the polarized reflection.