Contracts worth almost 拢4 million have been awarded to further develop technologies that prevent offshore wind farms interfering with 海角视频 air defence systems.
As the huge green energy structures have increased in scale and distance from the shore - spanning upwards of 500 sq km - the potential for radar conflicts have become an issue.
It is understood the Hornsea Zone, operated and maintained from Grimsby and located off the East Yorkshire coast, is one concern - so too those off East Anglia.
Read more: Offshore wind supply chain investment hits 拢900m in 2021
Seven projects will share the pot to support the co-existence.
Funded through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy鈥檚 Net Zero Innovation Portfolio and delivered by the Ministry of Defence鈥檚 Defence and Security Accelerator with the support of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, it enables second phase works in a competition.
Ideas have been welcomed from industry and academia to remove a potential barrier to the commitment to scale up to 40GW by 2030. The 海角视频 has a total 海角视频 pipeline capacity of 63.2GW.
Wing Commander Kevin Walton, co-chair of the Ministry of Defence / Offshore Wind Industry Council Air Defence Mitigation Task Force, said: 鈥淥ffshore wind will play a major role in achieving our Net Zero Targets. The technology being developed in this competition will help the 海角视频 achieve its renewable energy targets without compromising the surveillance of 海角视频 airspace.鈥
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Backed projects:
Advanced Material Development Ltd, Surrey
拢392,605 - Solution introduces advanced nano-scale radar absorbing material at the manufacturing stage of offshore wind farms, ensuring radio frequency absorption is integrated into the base materials of offshore windfarms.
Saab Technologies 海角视频 Ltd, London
拢599,692 - Incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques into air defence radar, providing a trusted air surveillance picture in noisy and cluttered environments.
Trelleborg Applied Technologies, Rochdale
拢600,000 - Delivers full radar absorbing materials and equipment to mitigate wind turbine radar interference
Thales 海角视频 Ltd, Reading
拢481,019 (project one) - Design and demonstration of multistatic, staring radar systems using a validated synthetic environment, to provide continuous all-weather air surveillance in and around wind farms.
拢599,970 (project two) - Solution to synchronise two remote holographic radars to demonstrate synchronised multi-static staring radar, to reduce the impact of wind farm clutter and enhance detection and tracking performance.
LiveLink Aerospace, Chichester
拢505,938 - Multiple low-cost, multi-role, passive sensors on the nacelles of wind turbines that transform them from being radar disrupters, to becoming the eyes and ears of an advanced air defence.
TWI Limited, Cambridge
拢600,000 - Development of a novel metasurface manufacturing method for the mitigation of radar clutter caused by wind farms.
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