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Will shadow flicker affect a wind planning application?

Posted by Graham Eastwick on 26th February 2010 at 10:20 am

Will shadow flicker affect a wind planning application?

In a recent planning application I was asked to comment on shadow flicker for a very small turbine installation. The turbine in question had a rotor diameter of only 1.7 m. Shadow flicker is caused by the blades of a wind turbine passing in front of the sun and causing an effect similar to drivin…

Posted in: Wind turbines


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Overcoming obstacles to microgeneration part 3: planning

Posted by on 11th June 2010 at 9:32 am

Overcoming obstacles to microgeneration part 3: planning

Planning permission for renewable energy and microgeneration brings up such a wide range of issues that we're worried you might fall asleep at your computer if we covered them all. So, in this blog, we focus on: The process of planning application and approval Planning directives The pr…

Posted in: General


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