Wednesday, 09 April 2008

MoD Beaten by a Wind Turbine

Wind Turbines Image

Check out yesterday's report on You and Yours (audio).  A planning application for wind turbines in the Humber Gateway has recently been objected to by the Ministry of Defence because it may interfere with a radar installation.  A text report here.

Huh?

So the Ministry of Defence cannot handle interference from stationary, permanent objects?  How can they not be able to find a technical solution to this?  Surely the problem has been encountered before?  What do they do about other similar objects - surely trees are often similar in size and shape and even move in the wind.

A Solution 

I do like the attitude of the interviewee - Jonathan Smith from E.ON - who is seeking a "third way".   That's the spirit!

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