Windy power?

[bilbobaggins]

With 7000 new wind turbines intended for our waters and beaches sometime soon, and DIY stores promoting wind turbines for YOUR rooftop, perhaps it might be useful to know if your location suffers enough wind to make such an installation worthwhile - however you might define that word.

See here


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[sarabande]

There was some un-professional talk at a recent conference re the way that wind turbines interfere with defence level radar.

Is one of the operating assumptions of Our National Wind Fans that we won't need ground-based military radar ?


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[William_H]

Recent reports indicate that Australia had a very fast growing enterprising company in Victoria that were cranking up to manufacture large wind turbines on a large scale. However the various governments were procrastinating in ordering and the company got a better offer from China.
All the manufacturing equipment and people were shifted to China where they just can't get enough wind turbines. This leaves Oz trying to import turbines in a high demand market.
Just another case of governments with no imagination. We could usefully triple our wind farms but this is not likely to happen soon.
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[bilbobaggins]

It has been known for some time that wind farms 'interfere' with certain forms of radar - especially with EM returns utilised by long-range or OTH radar installations, as these energy-forms are not line-of-sight propagation, but are usefully described as 'ground wave' propagation.

This screening effect can be mapped and, potentially, utilised by an aggressor. It can also be used to screen/hide/cloak one's own military activities to a degree. The Association of Old Crows, ( or 'electronic warfare specialists' ) are in the thick of this, and probably would not encourage questions from other than accredited practitioners. However...

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Oh, snit! There's a big black people-carrier in the drive, and someone's knocking at the door......

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