France has been on the horns of a dilemma in building onshore wind farms, as new developments cannot be approved until their bearing on weather radar is “fully understood”, but it has not had a means of predicting impact before switch-on.
"QinetiQ has demonstrated that, using expertise and technology originally developed for military applications, it is possible to accurately model the effect that a proposed site will have on meteorological readings,” states QinetiQ technology exploitation manager Thierry Le Gall.
