Public Utilities Commission Hears Report On Aircraft Lighting Detection Systems Used At Wind Farms

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission heard a presentation Tuesday on Aircraft Lighting Detection Systems in place on some wind farms operating in South Dakota. P-U-C Analyst Darren Kearney says 10 wind farms have the systems and they surveyed all of them…

Kearney says the systems seem to be working, for the most part…

The systems seem to have an equal factor for false positive activations…

A-D-L-S systems turn wind tower obstruction marker lights on when aircraft come within three miles of a wind farm.