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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Military radar deal paves way for more wind farms across Britain
New mobile radar systems, each costing about £20 million, are being purchased from a US defence contractor to ensure Britain's early warning systems remain effective in detecting enemy aircraft and missiles.
Tests show that wind turbines, whose spinning blades are about the same size as a passenger jet wing, disrupt the radar systems currently in place around the UK coastline.
Radar operators find it hard to distinguish between aircraft and wind turbines, creating 'black holes' in Britain's early warning radar system as well as confusing civil and military air traffic controllers at inland locations.
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