Articles by Mike
What Is Shadow Flicker? Shadow flicker is the effect of rotating turbine blades causing brightness levels to vary periodically at locations where they obstruct the Sun’s rays. This can be [...]
The current operational capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) developments in the UK is just over 9,000 MW [1], which doesn’t include the further 4,000 MW with planning permission, awaiting construction or [...]
Solar energy production continues to form part of the renewable energy mix in countries all around the world. All renewable energy installations face their share of opposition, and solar power [...]
As of April 2015, the UK Met Office became a statutory consultee for wind developments. Prior to this, Met Office radar concerns were raised by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) [...]
The following article presents an overview of Pager Power’s experience of developments and railway infrastructure, specifically relating to glint and glare. Railway Infrastructure Concerns A BBC news article presented here [...]
Thales standard airport Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR) is the STAR 2000. The radar is quite advanced with a number of existing in-built capabilities for mitigating the effects of wind turbines. [...]
This article provides an overview of the planning guidance in England relating to the Permitted Development (PD) of solar Photovoltaic (PV) projects, particularly commercial rooftop. The available planning guidance for [...]
What Are Obstacle Limitation Surfaces? The UK has [1] 129 licensed civil aerodromes (and even more unlicensed aerodromes). In order to protect aircraft against potential collision risk, it is necessary to [...]
Assessing glint and glare for ground level receptors including roads users and residents is almost always required for new solar developments within the UK that require planning permission. With respect [...]
RAF Objections Renewable energy developers in the UK regularly face objections from the Royal Air Force (RAF) /Ministry Of Defence (MOD). This is particularly common for wind developments due to [...]
