[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: MIT study on wind turbines and radar

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MIT says military can cut wind turbine interference with Oregon radar


Scott Learn
The Oregonian
June 29, 2010

A review by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln 
Laboratory has concluded that a radar station near Fossil can be 
upgraded to effectively reduce false targets from wind turbines, a 
concern that threatened to delay a huge wind energy project in 
north-central Oregon earlier this year.

The Department of Defense requested MIT's 60-day review in April after 
it came under political fire for stalling the 338-turbine Shepherds Flat 
project in Gilliam and Morrow counties. The Pentagon dropped its 
opposition later that month, saying it thought it could address radar 
interference concerns by upgrading the 1958 radar station's technology.

MIT's study confirmed that, according to an unclassified executive 
summary released to Congress.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/mit_says_military_can_cut_wind.html

Today's Defense Department testimony on the subject may be found at 
http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/READ062910/Robyn_Testimony062910.pdf

For links to additional hearing documents, go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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