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Investigating Safety Impacts of Energy Technologies on Airports and Aviation (2011) / Chapter Skim
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... Project review is coordinated by the Obstruction Evaluation Office and reviews are undertaken by different divisions within the FAA that have specialized expertise, including airports, technical operations, services, frequency management, flight standards, and flight procedures office (see Regulatory Review Processes in chapter two)
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... Impacts of WTGs on primary radar can be more FIGURE 14 Wind turbines from Klondike Wind Farm, Oregon (courtesy: Stephen Barrett)
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... • Constant False Alarm Rate -- The Constant False Alarm Rate affects radar signal processing whereby the filtering adjustments tuned to receive signals from aircraft are masked by new signals produced by the wind turbines resulting in a masking of the aircraft targets. • Defeating Moving Target Processing (obscuration)
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From page 23...
... • Provide developers with the opportunity to fund gapfill radars or contribute to the cost of replacing longrange radar, thereby providing a dual benefit of allowing renewable energy development and upgrading aging radar systems. • Re-route air traffic around the wind energy facilities to avoid potential shadow effects and disruptions associated with wind farm radar clutter as part of operational mitigation.
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From page 24...
... obtain reliable, objective data to assess current air traffic operational radar coverage in the TAFB area; (2) run a simulation to assess the predicted air traffic operational impact potentially caused by proposed wind turbine development; and (3)
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From page 25...
... • Because the FAA established a minimum level of safety for Class E airspace that does not require surveillance coverage, degradation of radar coverage caused by wind turbines would not result in a reduction of safety below the minimum standard set by the FAA. However, because radar coverage exists, and that radar coverage increases the safety and efficiency of operations within the airspace, degradation of service caused by the wind turbines could decrease the overall safety and efficiency of operations.
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... . Ivanpah Wind Project A wind energy developer proposed the construction of 83 wind turbine generators on Table Mountain approximately 10 miles 26 west of the proposed Ivanpah Valley International Airport, a new airport proposed near Las Vegas.
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