Environmental effects of solar thermal power systems: ecological observations during construction of the Barstow 10 MWe pilot STPS

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5515738· OSTI ID:5515738

Turner, F. B. ^[1]

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The environmental monitoring plan used consists of comparisons of a few meteorological variables and changes in the states of a limited array of indicator species or assemblages of species of plants and animals. Observations inlude aerial photography of the site, saltation meter measurements downwind from the site to measure fluxes of windblown sand, measurements of airborne particulates and atmospheric pollutants, and baseline temperature profiles made at two sites near the heliostat field to measure micro-meteorological patterns. Observations were made of annual plants both in off-field plots and in heliostat field, of shrubs, birds, rodents, reptiles, and sensitive species listed as rare or endangered. (LEW)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). Lab. of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00012
• OSTI ID: 5515738
• Report Number(s): UCLA-12/1311; ON: DE82005441
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
BARSTOW SOLAR PILOT PLANT
BIRDS
CONSTRUCTION
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HELIOSTATS
MAMMALS
METEOROLOGY
PARTICLES
PILOT PLANTS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
POWER PLANTS
REPTILES
RODENTS
SAND
SHRUBS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
VERTEBRATES