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Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
Wind turbines—low level noise sources interfering with restoration?
Author: Pederson, Eja; and Persson Waye, Kerstin
Abstract. Wind turbines generate a low level noise and would thus not be expected to cause annoyance and disturb rest. In a society where people are being exposed to an increasing noise load, moderate and low level noise sources may also be perceived as annoying and hence inhibit restoration. This article presents an analysis of two socio-acoustic studies of wind turbine noise with the emphasis on perception, annoyance and consequences for restoration. It is hypothesized that low and moderate stressors . . .
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Perception of wind turbine noise: two abstracts
Author: Pederson, Eja; and Persson Waye, Kerstin
Wind turbine noise, annoyance and self-reported health and well-being in different living environments.
Pedersen E, Persson Waye K., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden. eja.pedersen@set.hh.se
Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jul;64(7):480-6.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of perception and annoyance due to wind turbine noise among people living near the turbines, and to study relations between noise and perception/annoyance, with focus on differences between living environments. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in seven areas in Sweden across dissimilar . . .
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Government disregard for wind turbine noise and health problems
Author: Davis, Jane and Julian; Arp, Jyette; and Nilsson, Lotta
A Christmas update from the Davises of Deeping St Nicholas about the wind turbine noise that drove them from their home, followed by a 1994 letter from Denmark and a 2001 letter from Sweden (thanks to Angela Kelly of Country Guardian in the U.K.) showing that nothing has changed. Noise, and flicker, remains a serious problem (how could a 90-meter-across propeller with a blade assembly weighing 40 tons be otherwise), and it is still officially ignored.
From Deeping St Nicholas, England, . . .
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Human response to wind turbine noise — perception, annoyance and moderating factors
Author: Pedersen, Eja
(Dissertation, 2007, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Göteborg University Sahlgrenska Institute)
This doctoral thesis is based on four papers:
I. Pedersen, E., and Persson Waye, K. Perception and annoyance due to wind turbine noise—a dose-response relationship. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004, 116, 3460–3470.
II. Pedersen, E., Hallberg, L.R.-M., and Persson Waye K. Living in the vicinity of wind turbines — grounded theory study. Qualitative Research in Psychology. In press.
III. Pedersen, E., and Persson Waye, K. . . .
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KLADEA documents on wind turbine impacts
Author: Schorn, Brigitte
Wind Energy is not free, clean and green energy, as we have been led to believe.
The minimal electricity contribution from wind turbines comes at a huge cost not just in financial terms, but also in terms of the immeasurable irreversible damage this industry does to:
People’s Health and Quality of Life (see all reports)
Wildlife (see Ireland and UK report)
Our environment (see all reports)
Property prices (see all reports)
Tourism (see Germany report)
From our extensive research conducted over the past 14 months, we have . . .
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