filed: April 18, 2024 • Scotland
RAF fears fighter jets flying as low as 250ft could hit 650ft wind turbines
Credit: By John Paul Breslin For The Scottish Daily Mail | Published: 17 April 2024 | dailymail.co.uk ~~
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Military chiefs have objected to plans to extend a Scots windfarm amid fears RAF jets could crash into its huge turbines.
Energy firm Boralex wants to build 22 turbines up to 650ft high to extend the Cabrach wind farm in Clashindarroch, Aberdeenshire.
The new blades would reach far higher than the 18 existing 360ft turbines at the site and another 14 turbines measuring 590ft that are due to come online.
But the Ministry of Defence has objected due to concerns that pilots might fly their jets into them when conducting training exercises that can see the craft drop down as low as 250ft.
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/18/raf-fears-fighter-jets-flying-as-low-as-250ft-could-hit-650ft-wind-turbines/