“dear red ned,

that is very disingenuous and ignorant to say the least. read the links below and become educated.

the noise from wind turbines is disturbing at night - so much so that people have had to leave home because of it. there are complaints of noise from at least one in six windfarms.

the industry have realised that the very issue we should be united on - combating climate change - has divided communities because windfarm companies say that they are not noisy and then when they are built there are complaints. so much so they have now commissioned new research on noise.

the noise that travels comes from the rotor and not from the immediate vicinity. standing next to one during the day will not give you any idea whatsoever about the noise up to 1 km away.

to say that genuine complainants about noise are nimbys whingieng shows the very arrogant nature of the ignorant.

uneducated and unqualified opinions only add to the incredibility of the wind industry and their desperate rush for wind.

http://tinyurl.com/5wqpros

http://tinyurl.com/6kcrmc4”

“I think they look rather splendid. I've stood next to many of these "monstrosities" both here and abroad and have never heard "clanking", "grinding" and or "thumping". I would also say that "whoosing" was probably overstating it too. Very often the loudest thing was the wind itself! And the noise of whining coming from the NIMBYs of course...

I would really recommend people to visit a few turbines juts to see how quiet they are, it's far easier than trying to imagine how loud a fridge might be...”

“a wind turbine at 1 m is 108 dB(A), a fridge at 1 m is 45 dB(A).
A wind turbine at 1 km away is 45 dB(A) - same level as fridge.

But the fridge is downstairs in the kitchen so because of the walls and the distance away (5 m?) you won't hear it but you will her the wind turbine as background at night can be as low as 30 dB(A) in rural areas so the noise of the turbine is nearly three times as aloud as background assuming 6dB per doubling of noise level.

(but windfarms can be as loud as 55 dB(A) as the predictions used by acoustic consultants uses a point source rather than line source thus giving 6 dB per doubling of distance attenuation instead of 3 dB per doubling of distance for a line source - eg traffic, trains etc)”

“burn 87 - if you read what i said then you should be able to understand that windfarm companies deny that there are noise issues when in fact there many and they divide the community instead of uniting them.
the denial of such problems makes it worse - only now, after 15 years of consultants trying to convince them, that the wind industry is bothering to consider it.

however the construction of offshore windfarms is now causing problems as marine mammals struggle to communicate, feed and breed because of the high intensity vibrations caused by piling works building foundations that are 50 m+ into the seabed.

It's all very well preaching about so called green technology but unless consideration is taken about where these turbines are put they will contribute to the very thing we are trying to prevent - the destruction or harming of this planet and the life on it.”

“@ClintEast - I must admit I don't have a fridge in my bedroom, but then neither do I have a wind turbine in my bedroom? So I'm not sure on the validity of your comment!

@Oldhenry - Nuclear may be a reliable energy source, but I've never heard of a wind turbine blowing up and killing thousands of people.”

“http://tinyurl.com/4xazryy

That's a story of a German village that produces 321% of the energy it consumes using renewables, solar, wind, anaerobic digestors and hydro. It generates 4 million euro for the surplus energy they sell onto the grid annually.

This complete approach is better than any one renewable on its own and certainly better than coal/oil/nuclear.”

“and thieves have struck in nottingham too putting another windfarm out of action

http://tinyurl.com/3gaznwl”

“let's get things straight.
wind farms are allowed to be noisier than other power stations so nuclear / coal / gas would not be able to built there because of it.
there are noise complaints at over one in six windfarms but the industry has tried to cover it up by telling such nonsense as you won't hear them above background and then when challenged say they are no noisier than a fridge. do you have a fridge in your bedroom?
as an acoustic engineer who has worked on all manner of power stations including wind this arrogance that they have a god given right to build wind farms where they like is astonishing.
it can only be spurned on by the promise of profit as the solar farms that were going to be built are now out of the running as the subsidy was shelved for large corps.
the industry has eventually but reluctantly decided to do some more studies on noise and amplitude modulation but it will be too late for the poor people of gilmorton.
by the way the delays were caused by the cable being stolen twice,
http://tinyurl.com/3hdlstu

i'll name the turbines - clanky, whooshy, grindy and thumpy”

“@oldhenry. With the greatest respect I can only assume you did not see the documentary on the aftermath of the Japanese Earthquake and the effect it had on the nuclear power plant and the people living in the area. Nuclear power is not safe and if it meant going back to the horse and cart then so be it in my view.”

“The only reason the turbines are being built is because you are paying for them through overpriced electricity. I see them as a rich person's way of pilfering my pocket.
They contribute a tiny amount of electricity and it cannot be guaranteed at all. So you will need your own back up generators if you rely of wind power. It is a knee kerk reaxtion of government to their continued denial of an energy policy. In the end nuclear is the only solution that we have that is reliable and no to subject to foreign countries hiking fuel prices.”