Author: C. Morlaas, M. Fares, B. SounyPublication: IEEEYear Published: 2009 The implementation of wind farms establishment in France is increasing. When wind farms are located close to radionavigation systems, it becomes important to evaluate their electromagnetic effects on existing radionavigation instalations. In this study, the radionavigation system is a VOR (VHF omnidirectional radio) operating at…
Author: C.A. JacksonPublication: Intl. Conference on Radar SystemsYear Published: 2007 Generating electricity from renewable energy sources is a major part of the UK Government’s strategy to tackle climate change and to develop business opportunities. It has set ambitious targets of generating 10% of all UK’s energy from renewable sources by 2010 with an aspiration to…
Author: Chris New, Sebastian Di LauraPublication: QinetiQ ProprietaryYear Published: 2008 QinetiQ was contracted by the Air Defence and Air Traffic Services Integrated Project Team to predict and measure the radar cross section (RCS) of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), as well as assess the potential impact it would have on radar. The VAWT used…
Author: Ryan Ohs, Gregory Skidmore, Gary BedrosianPublication: IEEEYear Published: 2011 Wind turbines located near radar installations can significantly interfere with a radar’s ability to detect its intended targets. In order to better understand and mitigate the adverse effects of wind turbines on radar, the government and wind farm community need tools that can be used…
Author: I. Angulo, D. de la Vega, I. Cascón, J. Cañizo, Y. Wu, D. Guerra, P. AngueiraYear Published: 2014 Wind power is one of the fastest-growing technologies for renewable energy generation. Unfortunately, in the recent years some cases of degradation on certain telecommunication systems have arisen due to the presence of wind farms, and expensive…
Author: John Lemmon, John Carroll, Frank Sanders, Doris TurnerPublication: U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIAYear Published: 2008 This technical report describes the results of a study exploring the effects of power-producing wind turbines on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC) radars. The study was performed to identify the extent to which these effects exist,…