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WINDFARM TURBINES ARE AVIATION HAZARDS

This article provides photographic evidence and firsthand accounts demonstrating the inefficiency of wind farms and their potential dangers to aviation. It discusses a related event where an aircraft experienced a loss of control authority and dropped significantly when passing behind a wind turbine. The article highlights the downstream turbulence, velocity deficit, wake plume, and wind shear caused by power extraction in wind farms.

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WINDFARM TURBINES ARE AVIATION HAZARDS

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  1. WINDFARM TURBINES ARE AVIATION HAZARDS Horne Rev Offshore Windfarm Denmark http://tizona.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/photographic-evidence-demonstrating-the-inefficiency-of-wind-farms/ www.arising.com.au/aviation/windturbines

  2. A related Event: AeroCommander 680E Passing behind the turbine about a third of the diameter from the top and about 100mts behind it, the aircraft did the following. Dropped instantly about 100 ft, coming out near the bottom of the diameter. Felt very much like a bad air pocket, also there was a feeling of a total lack of control authority. The only thing that stopped the 7000lb aircraft doing about 160 kts from contacting the ground was the momentum and the fact that the ground dropped away to the river. I estimated the prevailing wind to have been in the region of about 30kts at the time. Had I been in a lighter less powerful aircraft I believe that I would have impacted the ground. Extract of email to me from Richard - 2009

  3. downstream turbulence generated by power extraction • Upstream and downstream velocity deficit • A Wake Plume contains the downstream flows for a considerable distance • The downstream plume represents a velocity deficit of downto 0.33 of the free-stream velocity. • The wake plume represents a clearly defined wind-sheer and a region that is not conducive to flight. YCRL www.arising.com.au/aviation/windturbines

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