Wind turbine audibility and noise annoyance in a national U.S. survey: Individual perception and influencing factors

Haac, Ryan; Kaliski, Kenneth; Landis, Matthew S.; Hoen, Ben; Rand, Joseph; Firestone, Jeremy; Elliott, Debi; Hübner, Gundula; Pohl, Johannes

doi:10.1121/1.5121309

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“…While habitat and wildlife related impacts from wind turbines are smaller than impacts from other forms of energy such as coal and oil, a potentially more significant negative impact of wind turbine proximity is noise pollution [36,41]. The constant noise associated with wind turbine proximity has been linked to lower sleep quality [42] and annoyance [42][43][44]. While concerns of chronic stress due to wind turbine noise have been raised as a concern, no peer-reviewed literature has demonstrated this effect [45,46].…”

Section: Distributional Wind Energy Injusticementioning

confidence: 99%

Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

Mueller

Brooks

2020

Energy Research & Social Science

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The transition towards renewable energy is likely to be uneven across social and spatial dimensions. To ensure this transition is equitable and just, energy injustice has become the key framework for analyzing and interpreting the distribution of energy infrastructure. Wind energy development has experienced a significant gap between broad public support for increased development but persistent localized opposition to proposed projects, indicating that wind represents a locally unwanted land use. We present the theoretical argument that although the negative impacts of wind energy infrastructure are less extreme than those posed by other, more toxic, unwanted land uses, their status as a locally unwanted land use will produce similar distributional injustices as have been found throughout the environmental injustice literature.

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Section: Distributional Wind Energy Injusticementioning

confidence: 99%

Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

Mueller

Brooks

2020

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…For academics, I see this paper as providing an important starting-point for discussions around the clustering, size, and growing capacity of wind turbines. Echoing the benefits described by Rand et al [2], this paper may also provide important context for groups interested in: climate change and air quality [4], local health and well-being [5], grid impacts [6], land requirements [7], local surface temperatures [8], sound and noise [9], property values [10] [11], renewable energy potentials [12], and acceptance research [13] [14] [15].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Using the United States Wind Turbine Database to Identify Increasing Turbine Size, Capacity and Other Development Trends

Walker¹

2020

EPE

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The purpose of this article was to analyze data associated with advances in wind energy across the United States. While governments, academia, and the private sector generally know patterns of wind turbine development (i.e. turbine size and capacity growing in recent years), there is no known independent, reliable, and/or updated summary of these variables. Using data collected by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and partners, this study used descriptive statistics to show turbine development and growth patterns from 1981-2019. The newly created United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) represents the most comprehensive account of wind turbine information and was updated in January 2020. Variables I am interested in here are turbine manufacturer, state of project, turbine and project capacity, and turbine size. Findings provide empirical evidence to support the common, yet previously unrefined statements that wind turbines are growing larger in number, size and capacity. This growth is varied over spatial and temporal scales. I also provide evidence to show patterns of turbine manufacturing, with GE Wind dominating much of the US wind energy landscape today. I hope this work provides a timely resource for those interested in a variety of questions surrounding wind energy development in the United States. Perhaps more importantly, this analysis will hopefully inspire others to use what the USWTDB provides and answer larger questions surrounding wind energy futures.

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“…In the cross-sectional study of Haac et al [30], 1043 participants (response rate 22%) were recruited both by telephone and online. Respondents were asked about audibility, annoyance, visual aspects, level of participation in local projects and personal characteristics as NS, attitudes and visual aspects of the wind farm.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Usually, these variables are treated as confounders rather than as important determinants of annoyance. In the specific context of wind energy and WTs, there is evidence that gender [22] and educational level [30] play a role.…”

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Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound: An Update

Kamp

Berg²

2021

IJERPH

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Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, an update of an earlier narrative review was prepared for the literature published between 2017 and mid-2020 about the effects of wind turbine sound on the health of local residents. Specific attention was hereby given to the health effects of low-frequency sound and infrasound. The Netherlands Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Mundonovo sound research collected the scientific literature on the effect of wind turbines on annoyance, sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic effects, as well as mental and cognitive impacts. It also investigated what is known about annoyance from visual aspects of wind turbines and other non-acoustic factors, such as the local decision-making process. From the literature study, annoyance again came forward as the most important consequence of sound: the louder the sound (in dB) of wind turbines, the stronger the annoyance response was. The literature did not show that “low-frequency sound” (sound with a low pitch) results in extra annoyance on top of normal sound. Results of scientific research for other health effects are either not available or inconsistent, and we can conclude that a clear association with wind turbine related sound levels cannot be confirmed. There is evidence that long-term effects are related to the annoyance people experience. These results confirm earlier conclusions. There is increasing evidence that annoyance is lower when people can participate in the siting process. Worries of residents should be addressed in an early stage, by involving them in the process of planning and decision making.

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Wind turbine audibility and noise annoyance in a national U.S. survey: Individual perception and influencing factors

Cited by 38 publications

References 37 publications

Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

Using the United States Wind Turbine Database to Identify Increasing Turbine Size, Capacity and Other Development Trends

Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound: An Update

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