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Swedish energy company, Vattenfall, has started to construct its 16 turbine Ray Wind Farm in Northumberland. The scheme on the Ray Estate, near Kirkwhelpington, will have a 54.4 megawatt (MW) generating capacity. This is enough to meet the annual electricity demands of over 30,000 UK homes. Ray Wind Farm will…
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is planning to introduce Europe wide framework for the operation of drones. The document is currently subject to a consultation period which ends on 25 September 2015. The document, referred to as EASA A-NPA 2015-10 Drones, extends to 41 pages. Some significant and interesting points…
Thales standard airport Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR) is the STAR 2000. The radar is quite advanced with a number of existing in-built capabilities for mitigating the effects of wind turbines. Application There are over 120 operational Thales Star 2000 radars all over the world. They are located in countries including…
Figure 1: Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in London. London, one of the largest, diverse and exciting cities, hosts more than 16,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on its roofs! However, London has still a long way to go in order to meet its true solar potential. A 2011 study by the…
The initial offshore turbine foundation for the Block Island Wind Farm was lowered into the water on Sunday 26th July 2015. This marks the start of the construction of the first offshore wind farm in the United States (US). Weighing over 400 ton, and put in place using the largest…
This article provides an overview of the planning guidance in England relating to the Permitted Development (PD) of solar Photovoltaic (PV) projects, particularly commercial rooftop. The available planning guidance for PD PV projects is presented and discussed, with reference to solar glint and glare, so that developers and planners can…
Solar Power in Ireland Many countries the world over are continually progressing their renewable energy efforts, and Ireland is no exception. A perennial option for green energy – solar photovoltaics (SPV) – has been slower to take off in Ireland than it has in the UK for example . However,…
This article presents an overview of the modelling charts produced with our bespoke Glint and Glare analysis tool. For this, an example Glint and Glare chart has been produced. An example solar farm location was chosen to the west of the Pager Power office, with the receptor being the top…
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Earlier this month, a new technical analyst joined Pager Power’s growing technical team. Welcome to Vijayatha Vijayaraghavan! Learn more: https://www.pagerpower.com/news/vijayatha-vijayaraghavan-joins-the-team/
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At Pager Power, we are particularly concerned with the negative impact that glint and glare reflections can cause. However, one small village in north Italy has purposely induced glare in their mountainous home. Learn more: https://www.pagerpower.com/news/let-there-be-glare/
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In the third instalment of our 2024 ‘Back to Basics‘ series, we look at one aspect of the renewable energy transition in more detail – electricity networks. Learn more: https://www.pagerpower.com/news/back-to-basics-part-3-the-grid/
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