For over a decade, the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has been the backbone of renewable energy investment, offering generators a guaranteed strike price in exchange for building clean [...]

The fastest way to get power to a data centre is to stop waiting for the grid and build the generation right next to it. Many companies, such as Google, [...]

City centres are getting taller. New skyscrapers of flats and offices are being proposed and built at a fast pace. Developing one of these projects requires balancing a large number [...]

Building developments can attract objections for all sorts of reasons, a common concern from neighbours is the potential loss of daylight. If you’re planning a new development, extension or change [...]

The Workshop In July, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hosted a workshop at their office near Gatwick Airport on the future International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Obstacle Limitation Surfaces [...]

Introduction Developers of tall buildings and wind turbines have a seemingly endless list of hurdles to overcome before their projects can be built. Some of these are perhaps intuitive, such [...]

In March 2025, glare from a nearby solar farm temporarily closed one runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, causing significant disruption as incoming flights had to be diverted to alternative runways. [...]

Onward 2030 Work Package 3 (WP3) has been produced with the aim of seeking agreement on a strategy for mitigating the impacts of wind developments on aviation systems, mainly Primary [...]

Electronic Conspicuity (or EC) is a term used to describe aircraft that can be identified by electronic means (further details below). Currently, EC is not mandated in the UK, unlike [...]

For any project involving solar panels, or any other potentially reflective surfaces such as glass, or metal façades, a glint and glare assessment may be requested by the local planning [...]