Articles by Onshore wind

Electronic Conspicuity (or EC) is a term used to describe aircraft that can be identified by electronic means (further details below). Currently, EC is not mandated in the UK, unlike [...]

What are the Onward 2030 Work Packages? Onward 2030 has been founded to ensure that up to 20GW of new onshore wind, as set out in the Onshore Wind Sector [...]

There is currently 316 MW of operational onshore wind capacity in the UK which was commissioned more than 25 years ago (1), and a further 1,125 MW which was commissioned [...]

Read part 1 in this series which looks at how the Onshore Wind Taskforce Strategy (OWTS) seeks to help resolve the issues surrounding transparency within aviation mitigation and the constraints [...]

From 2015 to 2024, onshore wind development across England essentially ceased due to a de facto ban on all new onshore wind projects that did not have the approval of [...]

The UK government has announced a shift in how large onshore wind farm projects will be approved by bringing these projects back into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime [...]

With the positivity surrounding the UK onshore wind sector, it is a good time to refresh the memory of the safeguarding constraints that exist around aviation and wind development. One [...]

Onshore wind turbines are on the rise, including in the UK in the wake of Labour’s removal of the de facto ban on onshore wind in England [1]. Usually located [...]

Radar signals and wind turbines are, in a sense, natural enemies. Civil radar installations are generally located such that their coverage above the surrounding terrain is as unobstructed as possible. [...]

Radar signals and wind turbines are, in a sense, natural enemies. Military radar installations are generally located such that their coverage above the surrounding terrain is as unobstructed as possible. Wind turbines [...]





