[CPEO-MEF] Windmills and Cape Cod (MA) radar

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. report: Windmills fool radar

By KEVIN DENNEHY and DAVID SCHOETZ
Cape Cod Times
September 28, 2006

Defense officials say large, industrial wind turbines such as those 
proposed for Nantucket Sound can interfere with military radar systems 
if built in the radar's line of sight, according to a report released 
yesterday.

Based on the report's conclusions, the officials have asked for more 
analysis about whether the proposed 130-turbine Cape Wind project would 
interfere with an Air Force radar station in Sagamore.

The 62-page report, prepared for Congress by the Office of the Director 
of Defense Research and Engineering, specifically concludes that 
previous analysis of the effects on the PAVE PAWS radar station were 
"overly simplified and technically flawed."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/ureport29.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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