Eurocontrol Guidelines
Eurocontrol issued Guidelines on how to assess the impact of wind turbines on radar for consultation in June. The Eurocontrol document is likely to be issued in 2010 and is likely to impact wind energy development within and beyond Europe from December 2010. It describes a process for defining geographic…
Pager Power Sightlines Software Upgraded
A core part of Pager Powers work involves the use of our custom in-house software Sightlines. A large upgrade project has been undertaken to introduce a web front end and improve calculation speed. We are now in testing and looking to go live during October. By taking Sightlines forward via…
Wind turbine Shadow Flicker Assessments
Rotating turbine blades can cause brightness levels to vary periodically at locations where they obstruct the suns rays. This effect is known as shadow flicker. Shadow Flicker can be problematic to local residents when the shadow passes a window which is the sole source of natural daylight for that room.…
Pager Power Update on UK Aviation
Re-visit Older Wind Development Sites Due to continuous changes within the UK aviation industry, we believe that there may be some merit for developers and consultants alike to re-visit some of the older sites within their development site portfolio. Such sites might include those which have previously been written off due…
Strategic Site Finding: The Advanced Approach to Wind Farm Development
As wind farm development throughout the UK continues to expand, the number of attractive potential sites is diminishing. Wind farm developers and consultants alike are continuously searching for suitable locations. To rely on discovering sites that have no issues impeding development is now more than ever an unrealistic and short-sighted…
Whitelee Wind Farm – A Pager Power Success Story
We Work with the Largest Onshore Wind Farm in Europe The largest onshore wind farm in Europe, Whitelee in Scotland, faced severe opposition during the planning process because of likely radar interference. We worked closely with Scottish Power and BAA to identify a site for a new radar from which none…
Managing the Wind Energy and Radar Issue
If the UK is to come close to meeting Government targets regarding green electricity supply, then wind energy must be more effectively harnessed. Yet wind farm development is often hindered by some of the most stringent radar safeguarding procedures in the world. At Pager Power, we use our expertise to…
UK CAA Policy Update to CAP 764
In February the CAA released its first update to Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 764 CAA Policy and Guidelines on Wind Turbines. Originally released in 2006 to provide guidance on the wind farm radar issue, the CAA have replaced the original method for assessing impact on primary radars with a simplified…
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