COWRIE is pleased to announce the release of the above report prepared by
QinetiQ.

Future Round 2 offshore windfarm developments in the Greater Wash area of the
United Kingdom have the potential to cause an unacceptable level of interference
to primary air surveillance radars operated by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) at
Trimingham and Staxton Wold. Such a loss of radar capability is anticipated to
result in planning objections and a delay to the consents required by developers
for the construction of Round 2 developments and potential future offshore
sites.

This study was commissioned by COWRIE and BERR to examine the feasibility of
deploying a new radar in the Greater Wash area to provide extra observations
around and above offshore windfarms. The new radar would "in-fill" regions of
air space where surveillance coverage is predicted to be lost due to
interference caused by offshore wind turbines.

The report can be downloaded here