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  • The O2

    A Fresh Spin on Wind Turbines

    Background When someone says wind turbine, something like the turbine in the image below would come to mind for most of us. Note that the heading says ‘Horizontal-axis wind turbine’, [...]

  • Solar Panels in Space

    Solar Panels in Space?

    Background Solar panels harness energy from the sun. There is a large magnitude of solar energy available on Earth, potentially making solar panels one of the more effective solutions to [...]

  • Waqar Qureshi

    New Technical Analyst joins Pager Power

    We are delighted that Waqar Qureshi  joined our growing technical team on 23 November enabling us to meet the growing demand for technical assessments from our customers. He will be [...]

  • FPV system Napa Valley

    The UK’s Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) Potential

    Introduction  The cumulative capacity of worldwide floating photovoltaic (FPV) projects is currently 2600 MW, representing just 0.41% of the total cumulative capacity of all worldwide solar projects. However, momentum is building [...]

  • Obstacles near Airports – Type A Surfaces

    Background  Developers of buildings, chimneys, masts and wind turbines want to know that these developments will not pose a collision risk to aircraft in the vicinity of aerodromes. The standard [...]

  • Radar Data Costs diagram

    Wind Farm Radar Mitigation – Data Costs

    Overview Wind farm operators may be asked to pay licence fees for using data from one radar for mitigating the effects of their turbines on another radar. We discuss the [...]

  • NATS Lowther Hill Radar Station

    How does Radar Mitigation Work?

    Overview Many modern radar have in-built mitigation to reject the effects of wind turbines. This article considers the in-built design features that allow these radar to do this. Radar Radar [...]

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    The Environmental Impact of Britain’s New Roads

    Background The UK Government has announced massive new spending on roads to help boost and grow the UK’s economy. This investment could result in increased carbon dioxide emissions and prevent [...]

  • runway declared distances

    Runway Declared Distances

    Background Declared distances are specific lengths of runway that are published for aircraft operations, specifically when taking off or landing, and are defined for pilots to understand their allowable take-off [...]

  • sun glare on solar panel

    Solar Panel Glare

    Overview Solar Panel Glare occurs even though it is not expected because solar panels are designed to absorb sunlight, rather than reflect it. Solar Panel Glare is greater than expected [...]