Vestas to install radar-friendly blade

Vestas is planning to use for all its 35 Vestas turbines the blades, designed to minimize interference with radar having military technology.

Vestas will use blade technology used on the Stealth bomber on turbines at a 96MW project in the south of France.

The 96MW Ensemble Eolien Catalan project will be the first one to use the technology becoming a demonstration site for the blades, developed by EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF-EN).

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Vestas have cleared that the technology will not be available in the market and is being used on a site-specific basis exclusively.

Upgrading of the radar systems to improve their ability to separate wind turbines from moving objects will be a cost-effective option.

A consortium, led by BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre in the UK jointly with Vestas, has been researching the technology since 2008.

Recently, Vestas and EDF-EN signed an 88MW deal to supply 24 V90-3MW and eight V80-2MW turbines to the project.

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