Wind Farm Plans Stir up Storm Over Military Radar
The military is worried that wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies.
Rotating turbine blades have been shown to sometimes give false radar signatures.
An Air Force General told Congress federal agencies need to work better together on a formal vetting process to prevent wind projects from being built where they will interfere with radar defenses. He said wind and utility companies should be required to do early checks during the approval process to make sure plants built won't interfere with local radar.
The FAA reviews wind farm projects and can flag problems but cannot force a change or prevent a wind farm from being approved if a change is not made.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is putting together a team to determine the impact of proposed wind energy projects near military radar.
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If the wind farms can disrupt
If the wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies. It will really be a great danger.. so hope they could solve this problem fast ..
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So does it mean that the
So does it mean that the campaign for the use of wind as a source of energy will not push through? Well, if the monitoring of Air Force is greatly affected maybe they need to do something about it.Tim from worldbiznews