Energy technologies’ compatibility with airports and airspace: Guidance for aviation and energy planners

06.24.2014 | HMMH |

 

The aviation industry is concerned that current practices are not reducing the adverse impacts of energy projects on the safety of airport operations and navigable airspace. In response, the Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), an industry-driven, applied research program of the National Academy of Sciences based in the USA, directed research to better understand the risk of airspace impacts from energy technologies.

HMMH has worked in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories to detail the development of new energy technologies and their impact on aviation. Phil DeVita, Director of Air Quality, and Stephen Barrett, former Director of Clean Energy at HMMH, have worked to develop usable strategies for aviation professionals when approaching this issue. The team explores all possible impacts on aviation safety of wind turbines, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, oil and natural gas extraction, steam generated power production and electricity transmission.

This report includes data on pilot experience with operation impediments from various energy production developments, as well as best practices for aviation safety associated with planning, developing, and constructing energy production at and around airports.

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