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: Charlie PearsonPublication: Cambridge UniversityYear Published: 2013 Increasing awareness of the issues of climate change and sustainable energy use has led to growing levels of interest in small-scale, decentralised power generation. Small-scale wind power has seen signi_cant growth in the last ten years, partly due to the political support for renewable energy and the introduction…
Author: H. MohamedPublication: EnergyYear Published: 2016 Noise pollution from wind turbines is an important public health issue, and strict regulations regarding noise levels for nearby residents to a wind farm is a necessity. The fact that more turbines equals higher noise levels constitutes a problem, an expansion of turbines is needed but the nearby residents…
Author: Erik Mollerstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Fredric Ottermo, Jonny Hylander and Lars BaathPublication: Inter-noiseYear Published: 2014 Initial noise measurements were performed on a 200kW vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and results were compared to that of a Vestas V27, a similar size horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT). Multiple recording units were placed in line downwind of…
Author: Erik Mollerstrom, Fredric Ottermo, Jonny Hylander and Hans BernhoffPublication: EnergiesYear Published: 2015 The noise emission from a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) has been investigated. A noise measurement campaign on a 200 kW straight-bladed VAWT has been conducted, and the result has been compared to a semi-empirical model for turbulent-boundary-layer trailing edge (TBL-TE) noise.…
Author: Daniel Shepherd, David McBride, David Welch, Kim Dirks, Erin HillPublication: Noise HealthYear Published: 2011 We report a cross-sectional study comparing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals residing in the proximity of a wind farm to those residing in a demographically matched area sufficiently displaced from wind turbines. The study employed a nonequivalent…