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Nature 428, 111 (11 March 2004) | doi:10.1038/428111a

Air force clips the wings of UK wind power

Laura Nelson

Britain's bold plans to generate more electricity from wind energy may be shot down by the Royal Air Force (RAF), which says that wind farms confuse its air-defence radar system.But wind-energy advocates are pressing the air force to ease up on rules that currently prohibit wind turbines from being located within a radius of 74 kilometres of any of its 13 air-defence radar stations.

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