Annoyance from wind turbine noise? Review of wind turbine noise studies of the last two decades

von Hünerbein, S

Abstract

In agreement with other environmental noise literature, most work on the annoyance from wind turbines has focussed on noise. Notable work has been carried out in Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, China, Canada and the US. Their results seem to show that the noise from wind turbines starts to annoy at sound levels that are much lower than that of other sources such as road or rail traffic. At the same time other factors are identified that also correlate highly with annoyance ratings. The presentation will critically review the evidence and raise the question whether it is time to shift the focus from noise annoyance to a much broader view on the factors affecting the acceptance of wind energy installations.

Citation

von Hünerbein, S. (2018, May). Annoyance from wind turbine noise? Review of wind turbine noise studies of the last two decades. Presented at 3rd Wind Turbine Acoustic Day, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, DK

• Presentation Conference Type: Speech
• Conference Name: 3rd Wind Turbine Acoustic Day
• Conference Location: Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, DK
• Start Date: May 17, 2018
• Publication Date: May 17, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 15, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 15, 2019
• Publisher URL: http://www.vindenergi.dtu.dk/english/kalender/2018/05/3rd-wind-turbine-acoustic-day?id=2f6fbde8-2abe-4c17-b9c1-b5a372427d88
• Additional Information: Event Type : Workshop