{"id":286633,"date":"2023-11-05T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286633"},"modified":"2023-11-05T15:04:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T14:04:20","slug":"how-wind-turbines-are-blinding-the-rafs-vital-north-sea-radars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286633","title":{"rendered":"How wind turbines are blinding the RAF\u2019s vital North Sea radars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The government\u00b4s fantasy climate goals are a nightmare for the energy security and the worst case for the security of the state.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Britain\u2019s race to net zero risks blinding crucial radars protecting the UK from incursions over the North Sea amid fears that Russia will launch a campaign of sabotage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore wind farms blades interfere with radar signals and there are concerns that plans for a significant expansion of turbines in the North Sea by the end of the decade\u00a0will cause\u00a0problems for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Telegraph<\/a><\/em> tells the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plans to bulk up Britain\u2019s wind power capacity risk diminishing the defence forces’ ability to monitor national security threats\u00a0CREDIT: Cpl Trish James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Defence has spent \u00a318m over the past three years trying to stop wind farm blades from scrambling radar readings, the Telegraph can reveal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, none of this public spending has, so far, yielded a concrete solution to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dangers in the North Sea are more than theoretical: a \u201cghost fleet\u201d of Russian ships were spotted mapping communication and power cables<\/a> in the area earlier this year, sparking fears that the Kremlin is preparing for a campaign of sabotage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With ministers hoping to build another 35 gigawatts (GWs) of offshore wind capacity over the next seven years, national security must now compete with energy security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence sources say the problem lies in how wind turbine blades reflect the electromagnetic pulses used by RAF radars to detect aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These so-called \u201cprimary radar\u201d pulses are reflected by aeroplanes, sending a signal back to aerials housed in giant \u2018golf ball\u2019 domes around the UK\u2019s coastline that register their position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, metal turbine blades also reflect radar pulses, generating false returns that can flood operators\u2019 screens with nonsense information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A serving RAF officer explains: \u201cIf you have three blades on one turbine, that\u2019s three false reflections. Imagine you then put up 10 or 20 turbines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One existing wind farm off Scotland, known as Moray West, comprises 60 turbines. A future development, the Morven wind farm south-east of Aberdeen, plans to include up to 192 turbines stretching across more than 20 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob Ward, an analyst with radar maker Lockheed Martin, which supplies the RAF\u2019s air defence equipment, says the move towards bigger turbines<\/a> and shafts in recent years has created the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they were the height of Big Ben it was never a problem. Now they\u2019re the height of the Shard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Sea turbines can span up to 80 metres (262ft) each, with the tallest rising more than 200 metres (656ft) from the sea\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The government\u00b4s fantasy climate goals are a nightmare for the energy security and the worst case for the security of the state. Britain\u2019s race to net zero risks blinding crucial radars protecting the UK from incursions over the North Sea amid fears that Russia will launch a campaign of sabotage. 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