Wind Turbines cause turbulence which can affect small aircraft that fly through it. Pager Power has undertaken a number of wind turbine wake turbulence assessments and has managed flight trials [...]

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 [...]