Greig Cameron
Deputy Business Editor

SOFTWARE firm Linknode believes its new mobile device app can help
architects and planners better estimate the visual impact of wind farms and
allow them to make more efficient decisions.

The Glasgow company has just completed a pilot project which saw its
updated VentusAR product being used by architect Brindley Associates on a
single turbine at Auchenlosh, near Dalbeattie.

An impact assessment tool which can be combined with the app, being
showcased at the All-Energy trade show which starts in Glasgow today, draws
on a database of 28,500 turbine locations across the UK.

It can then quickly search for nearby developments or those already going
through planning when new sites are being proposed. The software then also
allows for 3D visual representations of wind farms in the field using a
tablet device.

Linknode believes the ‘one-stop shop’ nature of the app can radically cut
the time involved for those building wind farms in areas including site
assessment, consulting with clients and illustrating potential visual
changes with local residents.

Crispin Hoult, director at Linknode, said: “As the number of existing and
proposed wind farms across the UK continues to grow, the challenge of
assessing cumulative visual impact has become increasingly time consuming
and expensive for all of those involved in the development and assessment
of wind farm planning applications.

Ross Wilkie, director of Brindley Associates, confirmed the business
planned to use Ventus AR for all its wind farm projects and said: “VentusAR
makes our site assessments faster and more robust, it allows us to quickly
microsite viewpoint locations and it allows us to very quickly gain access
to cumulative data.”

All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy event and which The Herald is
a media partner with, is expected to attract thousands of visitors to the
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.


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