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Airport controllers complain of solar panels' glar

EMCSEMCS Member Posts: 4,063
edited August 2012 in General Discussion
Airport controllers complain of solar panels' glare
By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER - About 25 percent of a solar-panel array at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has been temporarily shut down after air-traffic controllers started complaining about glare, an airport official said.

Officials recently draped tarps over the troublesome panels, which are part of the 2,200-panel solar field installed on top of the airport parking garage this year. It went online early this month.

The airport, the Federal Aviation Administration, contractors and a consultant are studying the glare problem, said Brian O'Neill, deputy airport manager.

Before the airport moved forward on the $3.5 million projects, its consultant assured officials there would be no problems with glare for aircraft or the air-traffic control tower, O'Neill said.
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