Plastic strip to prevent birds from nesting under rooftop solar
Netherlands-based BirdBlocker has developed a plastic strip that can be placed under solar panels installed on pitched rooftops. The long needles prevent birds from nesting under the modules. The structure is attached to the frame of the modules with stainless steel clips.
Dutch startup BirdBlocker has developed a system to prevent birds from nesting under rooftop PV arrays. It presented the solution – which reduces the risk of fire and bird droppings – at the Genera trade show this week in Madrid, Spain.
The BirdBlocker features a high-density polyethylene strip with long, interconnected needles. “The strip has needles which lie flush against the roof, making it impossible for birds to get under the solar panel,” BirdBlocker’s founder, Hans de Grooth, told pv magazine. “There is a bridge between the needles so that birds cannot pass between the needles.”
The solution comes in a standard version for pitched rooftops, in addition to another variant with ultra-long needles for solar panels mounted further away from pitched rooftops. The needles of the standard version measure 125 mm and those on the longer version measure 200 mm.
The solution attachs to module frames with stainless steel clips that birds purportedly cannot pry loose. BirdBlocker claims that the clips are adaptable to 98% of standard solar panels. It also offers a special clip for modules with box-design frames.
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A great remedy.