A review of noise guidance for onshore wind turbines

Lotinga, Michael; Lewis, Toby; Powlson, James

Abstract

WSP’s acoustics team worked closely with a steering group including BEIS, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive.

The study comprised three workstreams:

Evidence review
Stakeholder engagement
Field measurements

The evidence review employed two stages of systematic literature search and screening of a wide range of publications identified from peer-reviewed literature databases, scientific conferences, official reports, guidelines and standards. In total, 132 publications were reviewed for evidence relevant to the research.

The stakeholder engagement survey included a questionnaire, and focus interviews with identified key stakeholders. In total 32 organisations responded to the questionnaire and 7 key stakeholders were interviewed.

The field measurement exercise collected a ‘snapshot’ of wind turbine sound data from seven wind farm sites during conditions thought likely to enable the detection of amplitude modulation at ranges representative of wind farm neighbours.

Citation

Lotinga, M., Lewis, T., & Powlson, J. (2023). A review of noise guidance for onshore wind turbines. Bristol: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

• Report Type: Research Report
• Publication Date: Oct 5, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 4, 2024
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13483.92961/2
• Publisher URL: https://www.wsp.com/en-gb/insights/wind-turbine-noise-report