Wind farm rejected over Glasgow Airport concerns
10.02.08
Plans to build a windfarm in Clydebank have been temporarily shelved because of objections from Glasgow Airport, a newspaper reports. The scheme involved having windmills on the hills above Faifley, but airport officials expressed concerns that the turbines could interfere with the radar systems of aircraft on approach.
The idea for the environmentally-friendly energy source have been in the pipeline for a number of years, and a company was recently brought in to find out more about its feasibility. Knowes Housing Association (KHA) in Faifley told tenants about its idea recently and asked for their views.
Since then it has identified two possible sites - one near to Douglas Muir and the other a small farm - where the turbines could be housed. However, ground work has shown that the plans cannot go ahead in the short term due to the radar issue.
Pierre De Fence, KHA chairman, told the Post newspaper: ‘We have recently received responses from Glasgow Airport and the National Radar Authority stating that they object to the proposal on the grounds of safety and interference with the airport radar systems. It is therefore unlikely that we will be able to proceed with a planning application at present.'
‘However, there is software being developed which may mean that the radar problem could be resolved at some time in the future, if so we will re-visit the proposal.' If the project eventually got the go-ahead then it is proposed that the smaller site could have one turbine - standing at a massive 70 metres high - and three turbines could be built if the larger site was chosen, the newspaper reports.
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