Background Solar panels are now a common source of renewable energy generation and becoming a common part of urban landscapes. They can range from a large-scale solar farm to a [...]

Overview The visual circuit is a specified path in which an aircraft flies visually in the airspace around an aerodrome. These are utilised at aerodromes all across the UK and [...]

In 2006 the Labour government announced the ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’. This committed that from 2016 all new houses would be ‘zero carbon’ and would generate as much energy on-site, [...]

Background Wind farm developments can be delayed or blocked due to radar, telecommunications and other aviation issues. Resolving these issues can be time consuming and expensive. These risks are best [...]

Overview The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced a final policy to replace their interim glint and glare guidance. The update states the FAA’s final stance on how solar photovoltaic [...]

Overview Pager Power has been undertaking glint and glare assessments for solar developments for almost 10 years. During this time, we have heard and read a variety of misconceptions about [...]

Introduction In the month that the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, launched plans to actively support renewable power in London over the next decade and to invest in building new renewable [...]

Background When someone says wind turbine, something like the turbine in the image below would come to mind for most of us. Note that the heading says ‘Horizontal-axis wind turbine’, [...]

Background Solar panels harness energy from the sun. There is a large magnitude of solar energy available on Earth, potentially making solar panels one of the more effective solutions to [...]

Please note that the Fourth Edition of the Glint and Glare Guidance has since been published and can be downloaded here. Download the third edition of the Glint and Glare [...]