Therefore people are exposed to higher levels
of wind farm noise than they would expect from other new industrial noise sources.
The applicable standards and guidelines incorporate appropriate methods to
assess wind farm noise against the specified limits.
Other considerations are often involved in abandonment unrelated to the claims made
about wind farm noise.
There is no reliable or consistent evidence that proximity to wind farms or
wind farm noise directly causes health effects.
**** In the three weeks or so that have passed since Steven Cooper's Cape
Bridgewater wind farm noise study hit the press (see our post here) the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have been in absolute panic mode.
**** During the short month that's passed since Steven Cooper's Cape Bridgewater
wind farm noise study hit the press (see our post here), the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have been in a state of absolute panic.
Objective assessment of the annoyance of tonality is well developed and its consideration is included in the assessment of
wind farm noise in most Australian jurisdictions.
of Adelaide), who one would hope was independent, unbiased and objective, to release his findings only to a group that is on one side of the controversy
over wind farm noise, before publishing, and not giving supporters of wind power a chance to attend is questionable ethical behaviour.
I guess Oceana, which says it looks forward to a future in which «dolphin sightings are common» and «whales thrive,» hasn't heard about the danger that
wind farm noise poses to whales and porpoises.
WWF - backed research finds big benefits for porpoise populations can be achieved through cost - effective offshore
wind farm noise reduction methods
Openness in no more confidentiality in contracts between wind farm operators and land owners than is absolutely necessary and more freely available data
on wind farm noise levels — especially infrasound.
At the AAT hearing in Adelaide, the impacts
of wind farm noise were considered by a senior Federal Court judge; the most thorough medial and scientific inquiry on the subject matter conducted in Australia to date.
More people will consequently live close to wind turbines in the future, and hence may be exposed to
wind farm noise.
Although objective measures have been made on the human effects of numerous environmental sources, particularly traffic noise, the majority of studies on the effects of
wind farm noise have used only subjective means, and only using calculated equivalent sound levels in dBA at the façade based on simplified sound radiation and propagation models.
The Acoustic Ecology Institute's «
Wind Farm Noise 2011: Science and policy overview», compiled by Jim Cummings, makes the point that several Scandinavian studies have shown turbine noise annoyance is notably higher in rural settings than in more built up areas.
He wrote that «a growing body of evidence that
wind farm noise could have health effects has prompted Queensland Health to call for caution when approving wind farm developments.»