There is no blanket rule in UK planning that states every solar or wind development project must submit an electromagnetic (EMF) assessment, but that doesn’t mean projects can skip it. [...]

In any planning application, the final decision lies with the planning authority to decide if a project receives permission or is denied. For smaller projects, this is usually the local [...]

At the start of September, the industry gathered together for the RenewableUK and Scottish Power Renewables jointly hosted Onshore Wind Conference in Edinburgh. Pager Power have attended this conference for [...]

Rotating wind turbine blades can cause brightness levels to vary periodically at locations where they obstruct the Sun’s rays. This can result in a nuisance when the shadow is cast [...]

For over a decade, the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has been the backbone of renewable energy investment, offering generators a guaranteed strike price in exchange for building clean [...]

Introduction Developers of tall buildings and wind turbines have a seemingly endless list of hurdles to overcome before their projects can be built. Some of these are perhaps intuitive, such [...]

Onward 2030 Work Package 3 (WP3) has been produced with the aim of seeking agreement on a strategy for mitigating the impacts of wind developments on aviation systems, mainly Primary [...]

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 [...]