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Noise becomes an issue in wind energy debate
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Turbines will always create noise since their blade surfaces create drag and "friction" against the wind. Maybe a special friction reducing coating may reduce the noise. And I doubt that that family can hear the supposed "hum" because the generatiors don't "hum". They are hearing the low noise from the blades.
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http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?18396-No-Whining-About-Windmills
While I wrote this 4 years ago, I doubt the turbines in Lowville are making any more noise than they did then.
The bottom line is that ANY amount of road noise FAR exceeds turbine noise. Between the jet skis in the bay behind my house and the motorcycles on the road out front, I have to laugh at anyone who raises noise as an issue for wind turbines. I think the old phrase is 'grasping at straws'. An agenda lies just beyond their complaint.
While I wrote this 4 years ago, I doubt the turbines in Lowville are making any more noise than they did then.
The bottom line is that ANY amount of road noise FAR exceeds turbine noise. Between the jet skis in the bay behind my house and the motorcycles on the road out front, I have to laugh at anyone who raises noise as an issue for wind turbines. I think the old phrase is 'grasping at straws'. An agenda lies just beyond their complaint.
https://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/30/new-siemens-low-noise-wind-turbine-inspired-flight-owls/
This could be the answer.
This could be the answer.
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The wind turbine noise argument has been going on for a long time.
Long term studies have not demonstrated any clear negative health effects to date.
One of the latest arguments is that very large scale wind turbines create a very low frequency noise (not audible) that create health effects. However no long term study has been able to demonstrate as such (to my knowledge).
Long term studies have not demonstrated any clear negative health effects to date.
One of the latest arguments is that very large scale wind turbines create a very low frequency noise (not audible) that create health effects. However no long term study has been able to demonstrate as such (to my knowledge).
Wind turbines do make noise and the transformers hum. This "infrasound" however, feels like one persons way to "stick it to the man" with needless lawsuits and such.
But here's the larger question for me: Why must we turn the last pristine land we have into industrial wind generation zones?
I'm 100% for wind power, but lets put the turbines near the cities where the power is needed and where we've already flattened the landscape and pushed over the trees -- not in areas of outstanding natural beauty (and the Brits would say). The argument is that hilltops are more windy and thus more productive, but that increase is sharply offset by the billions of dollars needed to build out the power distribution lines (and their associated line losses) to get the power back to the cities. At least here in Texas, power distribution is paid for by the electric consumer, so the corporations don't care where they turbines go. Areas that once were praised for their natural habitats are now industrial generating sites. Even green power needs to be built-out responsibly and thus far, it's been an unregulated mess for many landowners who end up stuck next to big wind programs.
But here's the larger question for me: Why must we turn the last pristine land we have into industrial wind generation zones?
I'm 100% for wind power, but lets put the turbines near the cities where the power is needed and where we've already flattened the landscape and pushed over the trees -- not in areas of outstanding natural beauty (and the Brits would say). The argument is that hilltops are more windy and thus more productive, but that increase is sharply offset by the billions of dollars needed to build out the power distribution lines (and their associated line losses) to get the power back to the cities. At least here in Texas, power distribution is paid for by the electric consumer, so the corporations don't care where they turbines go. Areas that once were praised for their natural habitats are now industrial generating sites. Even green power needs to be built-out responsibly and thus far, it's been an unregulated mess for many landowners who end up stuck next to big wind programs.
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One of the huge wind farms in the plains of Texas stretches between Amarillo and Sweetwater. The landscape is pretty much like Indiana - corn on the left, corn and feed grains on the right as far as you can see. In between the rows are pumpjacks and windmills. Those farmer - both private and corporate (a lot of them had Cargill signs) are raking in funds for the placement of both.
After 66 years on planet earth I learn something new everyday. When the wind blows I can hear it blowing through the limbs of our trees. I thought for all those years it was my imagination now I know it is the wind blowing through the trees that makes the noise, just like the wind making noise turning the turbine blades....
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