A few years ago, more than 6GW of projects off Britain were stuck at the planning stage due to objections from airports and military bases, which argued that offshore wind turbines can appear as unidentified moving objects on radar screens and compromise security.

Yet a revolutionary concept, currently being fine-tuned for installation at Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough project, could make radar one of the most transformative technologies for offshore wind developers, operators and manufacturers over the next decade.

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