What we do

As previously mentioned, solar panels and birds are an undesirable and even dangerous combination. There is a list of arguments (which we will go through) why it is undesirable. It is advised that every installation is supplied with a BirdBlocker system and, as an installer, it is necessary to inform your customers about this:

• In the nesting season, the temperature under the solar panels is very pleasant. When birds build a nest and the temperatures rise as it becomes summer, it will quickly reach 70 degrees underneath the panel, and as a result, the birds will leave their nests behind and the eggs end up being boiled in their shells.
• The nesting material mainly consists of twigs. Both during transport and in the nest, these can cause scratches on the conductive foil. Not only can this irreparably damage the panel, it may also cause the rest of the system to malfunction. This lowers/minimizes the return and then the question remains, when you will notice this. Not to mention the repair costs.
• The nesting material is flammable. In addition, the birds are constantly touching/near the electronics and cabling. The excrements are acidic and can also affect the cabling in the long term. Then, not much more is needed to start a fire.
• The flying back and forth will over time also mean that the panels become extra polluted. This has an unexpectedly large effect on the efficiency of the entire installation.
• Once birds, especially jackdaws, have nested under the panels, they will always try to return. Preventive installation is therefore desirable.
• Birds under the solar panels are a source of nuisance. Not only bird droppings and odor nuisance, but also noise nuisance. Think of continuous rustling on the tiled roof, crowing and screaming of the chicks, for instance.

Founder and developer Paul van der Ven now has 20 years of experience in the solar panel industry. In his day-to-day work, he saw how many problems birds cause. When it also became clear how much damage they cause and the impact that nesting behavior had on animal welfare, the idea for BirdBlocker was born.

In recent years, he has developed various products to tackle this problem. Because there was an increasing need within the market for a professional, durable and well-functioning solution, BirdBlocker was created. As an experienced expert in the installation industry, one of the development requirements was that installation should be easy, durable and vandal-proof and it should be possible without tools. Thanks to BirdBlocker’s unique clips, the warranty of your solar panels is, as is the case for virtually none other in the market, preserved.

BirdBlocker fits on 95% of the conventional panels (see image on assembly page). The unique combination of ‘BirdBlocker strips with fingers and adjustable length’ ensures that they are always adjustable and no separate, expensive corner pieces are required. With this, we guarantee that birds, in certainly 99% of the cases, will stay away for 10 years.

BirdBlocker’s objective is straightforward: ‘Preventing nuisance/damage by birds and vermin to solar panels’. We continuously develop and improve our products to this end.