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Old 1st Dec 2012, 07:51
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cleartouchandgo
 
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difference between ground clutter of nuke and coal fired power stations compared to wind farms
that's the issue....nuke and coal fire stations will not generate clutter, they will be like other fixed obstacles such as buildings, bridges, hills etc. It all gets filtered out as any reflections will always be in the same place and will not have any varying frequency component due to the movement.

Wind turbines are moving and that's the key issue, if they didn't they'd be filtered out like any other fixed obstacle....effectively they are the same as an aircraft, only much much bigger and often closer, and more of them.

“Air traffic controllers report windfarms are a danger to aviation safety”
well...not quite but it's only about
serious safety risks for air traffic
(Air traffic objection to proposed wind farm near East Heslerton (From Gazette & Herald))
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