Sentences with phrase «sound from wind turbines»

Their results indicated that the sound from wind turbines was more annoying than similar levels of sound from road, rail and air traffic.

Human perception of sound from wind turbines Pedersen, Eja; Forssén, Jens; and Persson Waye, Kerstin

The level of background noise at distances of a kilometre or more from wind turbines makes measuring the effect of sound from wind turbines on people at such distances complicated.

Wind turbine noise is a reported cause of these effects; however, some commentators suggest sound from wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health effect in humans.

The truth, of course, is that the sound from wind turbines is rarely audible from distances greater than 3 km and infrasound near wind turbines is no greater than elsewhere.

There is no reason to believe, based on the levels and frequencies of the sounds and the panel's experience with sound exposures in occupational settings, that the sounds from wind turbines could plausibly have direct adverse health consequences.

Not exact matches

Some small wind turbines produce as little as 35 decibels (dB) of sound when heard from a distance of only ten feet away.

The infrasound from wind turbines is at very low intensity (the Vic Health study showed it was not above background levels), while the sound from NSW fire appliances would be hundreds or thousands of times more intense.

Better than reading pages like this, if you want to know how much sound wind turbines produce go and visit a wind farm, listen from various distances, make up your own mind.

I find it interesting that while there have been many complaints from wind power opponents about how much noise wind turbines make, this is the only recording that I have come across of a sound that could be truly annoying.

I have visited multiple wind farms, and stood directly beneath operating turbines from 150kw to 2.2 MW in size, and there is nothing emanating from them that can be discerned above background sound.

[8] In other words, direct causation of the reported «annoyance» effects from the impulsive reproduced sound energy identical to «wind turbine noise» was clearly established.

How - to guide to criteria for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks from sound Kamperman, George; and James, Richard

We have seen no reports of the Ministry opposing the presence of refrigerators in the region, suggesting they appreciate that sounds emitted from wind turbines and refrigerators are quite different.

Infrasound from wind turbines is sufficiently correlated to the A-weighted sound emissions to allow an A-weighted model to be used to predict how much infrasound is present in homes.

To reflect the ministry's conservative approach to dealing with noise emissions from wind turbines and to support the adoption of the 2013 CSA standard, three amendments are being proposed to the definition of «sound power level» in the REA Regulation to provide clarity:

«With all the available evidence from around the world about the effects of Low Frequency and Infrasound from industrial wind turbines, it amazes me that the alarms are not sounding earlier and stronger.»

Certainly any sound from the wind farm would not be a problem, no - one would hear the turbines because of the traffic noise.

The best thing you can do to learn the facts on the sound levels from wind turbines is to visit a wind farm yourself.

An expert panel review of «Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects» conducted for the American Wind Energy Association and the Canadian Wind Energy Association was available from the American Wind Energy Association (but the original link is no longer working).

Kamperman, George; and James, Richard How - to guide to criteria for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks from sound ~ Also see «Simple guidelines for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks» by the same authors Introduction A new source of community noise is spreading rapidly across the rural U.S. countryside.

There is some evidence to suggest that audible noise from wind turbines at elevated sound pressure levels may be associated with disturbed sleep and negative emotions.

Kamperman, George; and James, Richard Simple guidelines for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks ~ Also see «How - to guide to criteria for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks from sound» by the same authors Paper presented at Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) NOISE - CON 2008, July 28 - 31, 2008 George W. Kamperman, INCE Bd.

Research into the computer modeling and other methods used to determine the layout of wind turbine developments, including the distance from nearby residences, is at the same time showing that the output of the models may not accurately predict sound propagation.

From Global Wind Energy — the Human Impact Wind Turbine Battle Erupts Again in Fairhaven, MA Click here to watch video and read article by ABC6 Investigative Reporter Mark Curtis Underneath the giant wind turbines in Fairhaven the whirring sound is unmistakaWind Energy — the Human Impact Wind Turbine Battle Erupts Again in Fairhaven, MA Click here to watch video and read article by ABC6 Investigative Reporter Mark Curtis Underneath the giant wind turbines in Fairhaven the whirring sound is unmistakaWind Turbine Battle Erupts Again in Fairhaven, MA Click here to watch video and read article by ABC6 Investigative Reporter Mark Curtis Underneath the giant wind turbines in Fairhaven the whirring sound is unmistakawind turbines in Fairhaven the whirring sound is unmistakable.

Thorough primary scientific research (not simply studies of exiting research) into human and animal heath and annoyance due to sound and infrasound from wind turbines could be carried out, and it should be done on behalf of government, the wind industry, and the general public so that the research can be seen to be unbiased.

If a person sees a wind turbine (as I do) as graceful, elegant, an optimistic symbol of a cleaner and better future and finds the sounds that turbines make pleasant and restful (as I do), they are very unlikely to develop any ill - effects from being near turbines.

The minimum distance that a wind turbine should be from an occupied house is partly a matter of opinion and, since the sound level varies depending on topography and the direction of the wind, is very difficult to place a definite figure on.

Another plaintiff, a local Justice of the Peace, «has difficulty sleeping, can not have his windows open (and) can not enjoy the sound of nature, due to loud noise from wind turbines.»

Some, or even many, of those who claim that turbines cause sickness would have us believe that there is something coming from wind turbines, other than the sounds that everyone who visits a wind farm can hear, and beyond the low levels of infrasound that acousticians can detect, that makes people sick; and yet they seem unable to tell us what that thing is.

«Bubble curtains» are also being used to protect marine wildlife from the sound impacts of installing offshore wind turbines.