Digital ATC Towers
Background Digital ATC towers require no personnel on site and use cameras to monitor flights and runways. The images recorded are sent to a control centre where operators can monitor the activities. Airports around the world have started replacing normal ATC towers with digital ones. The move is dictated mainly…
The role of NATS and where they operate in the UK
Overview If you are developing a wind farm or building development in the vicinity of an airport, radar installation or navigation aid, then it will be beneficial to know who safeguards the infrastructure. NATS is one of the UK’s largest aviation stakeholders, and they have the responsibility of maintaining and…
What is 5G?
Introduction 5G has been in the news a lot recently but what is it? We look past the hype and explain what 5G is; what its benefits are; when it’s coming and whether there is anything that affects developers of large urban and/or renewables projects. Fig 1: 5G Technology will…
Project Greenblade – Radar Mitigation Solution
Background Project Greenblade is a nationwide plan to mitigate the effects of wind farms on UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) radar. The mitigation will use onshore long range (relatively) 3D Theia radar to supplement the MOD’s radar picture. The project is being led by Developers of UK offshore wind farms.…
Surveying Manchester – Television and Planning Conditions
Overview Pager Power has been conducting television baseline surveys for building and wind developments since 2008, and over this time the team has visited places all over the UK and Ireland. From Loch Ness to the Cotswolds, from the Isle of Wight to Galway. Manchester has become a common destination…
Who is responsible for Public Safety Zones?
Background Statistically aircraft that land outside airports do so close to the airport on take-off or landing. Public Safety Zones (PSZs) are established outside the boundary of major UK airports to protect the public from aircraft collision risk. Responsibility for PSZs lies with local planning authorities, airports and the Civil…
Terma Radar Controlled Lighting
Background Terma are perhaps best known for providing in-fill radar for mitigating the effects of wind turbines on radar systems. The increase in the height of onshore turbines in excess of 150 metres means that the lighting of turbines becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom and other countries. This can…
Wind Turbine Radar Interference in the United States
Background The US Department of Energy published its “Federal Interagency Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation Strategy” in January 2016. Having recognised that wind farms can adversely affect radar and seeing the need for a continued growth of onshore and offshore wind the strategy was developed to enable the growth of…
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