Big Wind Turbines Near Hamburg Airport
Background There are many wind turbines in the vicinity of Hamburg Airport in northern Germany. The photograph below shows two turbines at Altenwerder which have tip heights of 198.5 metres above ground level whilst lying just 6.4 nautical miles from the Airport boundary and 7.8 nautical miles from its radar…
What will it be like to fly again?
Background The number of commercial flights seems to have bottomed out at around 28,000 per day which is just under a quarter of the 110,000 figure at the end of January. Eventually commercial aviation will start to recover – we look at some of the changes we are likely to…
Coronavirus caused by 5G?
Background There are claims that the onset of Covid-19 was caused by the rollout of 5G in China. At Pager Power we are sometimes asked to assess the impact of electromagnetic installations on health – so we decided to investigate these apparently implausible claims. How radio signals can affect health…
UK’s First Electric Forecourt®
Introduction Gridserve Sustainable Energy Limited is currently constructing the UK’s very first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging forecourt, which will have the capacity to charge 24 EVs at once, as well as offering a superior charging experience. A video of what the Electric Forecourt® will look like can be found…
How Green are Blackrock Investments?
Background Blackrock is the world’s largest asset manager with around 7 trillion dollars of investments. To put this in perspective annual UK economic output is just under 3 trillion dollars. Blackrock is striving to be greener as many of the companies it invests in have a harmful environmental impact. In…
Fighting Air Pollution – UK Cities Take Action
Introduction Although urban areas represent just a quarter of the total area of the UK, they are home to 83% of the population. It is therefore no surprise these areas have the worst air pollution levels, in fact, many are in breach of the EU’s legally binding target for nitrogen…
Coronavirus stops most flights – but not all!
Background The number of daily worldwide commercial flights dropped from around 110,000 to about 30,000 during the month of March. This means some flights are still flying – we examine which flights are still flying. Figure 1: 747 Freighter at Liège Airport, Belgium Main Findings In Europe it seems that…
Wind Farms and Airports Co-Exist
Background Pager Power has started analysing a database of the world’s airports with a database of the world’s wind farms to help understand how wind farms and radar co-exist in practice. This article presents some findings from the initial analysis. Figure 1 Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm which lies 11km offshore…
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