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Air Defence Mitigation – Competition Time!
-Background The UK Ministry of Defence is concerned that the proliferation of wind turbines in the North Sea is diminishing…
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Estonian Military Blocks Wind Development
-Background Tiny NATO member Estonia shares a land border with Russia. Its air defence radar help keep it secure –…
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Wind Turbines impact upon ADS-B and Multilateration
-Background Wind turbines can have a negative impact upon radar activity. As shown in the figure below wind turbines can…
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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…
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New Terma Radar at Glasgow Mitigates Wind Farm
-Introduction Glasgow Airport has recently commissioned a new radar system to mitigate the effects of the onshore Kype Muir wind…
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Why fixes to wind farm radar interference are tough
-Introduction Back in 2005 I had a call from a German developing a wind farm in Yorkshire because the RAF…
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Will Radar stop Wind Farm Life Extensions?
-In Britain wind farms typically have a design life of 25 years. Typically this means there is a condition attached…
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How it’s done – Assessing Wind Farm Radar Interference – France (military)
-Introduction Radar interference due to wind farms is managed differently in various countries. A previous article gave an overview of…
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How it’s done – Assessing Wind Farm Radar Interference
-Wind farms and radar Wind farm developments around the world face objections from radar operators. This is because large wind…
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Video: Whitelee Wind Farm Case Study
-Overview The Whitelee Wind Farm is the UK’s largest onshore wind farm with an electrical generating capacity of 539MW. Pager…