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Time is Precious: How to Shorten FAA Review Times for Wind Turbines

by Mike GleasonData Insights November 9, 2024November 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Introduction In prior posts, I’ve focused mostly on the outcome of FAA obstruction evaluation studies: for example, what factors drive FAA determinations and how to improve your odds of receiving a favorable determination for your wind projects. But, the outcome of an obstruction evaluation study is only half of the story. The uncertainty in FAA …

FAA Obstruction Evaluation: What Makes a Wind Turbine a “Hazard”?

by Mike GleasonKnowledge September 24, 2024November 9, 2024Comments are Disabled

In my last post, I mentioned that the FAA looks at many factors during obstruction evaluation studies. In fact, if you go down the rabbit hole to try to figure out everything that goes into one of these studies, it can get very complicated, very quickly. Fortunately, you don’t need to go down that rabbit …