Wind Power News: Noise
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Afsløring: Pressede larmende vindmøller igennem; Vestas-boss bankede Minister på plads
[Disclosure: Noisy wind turbines forced through; Vestas boss put Minister in her place] Topchef banker Minister på plads [CEO put Minister in her place] VESTAS-BOSS FIK SIN VILJE: Efter tungt pres fra Ditlev Engel ændrede daværende miljøminister Karen Ellemann centrale lovkrav til støj fra vindmøller. [VESTAS BOSS GOT WHAT HE WANTED: After heavy pressure from Ditlev Engel, then–Environment Minister Karen Ellemann changed the key legal requirements for noise from wind turbines.] Den magtfulde Vestas-direktør Ditlev Engel har haft held til . . .
Miljøstyrelsen anklages for at fifle med vindmøllestøj
Ifølge eksperter manipulerer Miljøstyrelsen med støjberegninger til skade for vindmøllenaboer. (Experts accuse environmental board of manipulating wind turbine noise rules to harm neighbors) [Click here for English translation by EPAW] De nye støjregler for vindmøller, som miljøminister Ida Auken (SF) netop har sendt i høring, er udarbejdet på et mangelfuldt grundlag: Beregningerne, som er grundlag for reglerne, giver alt for lave tal for møllernes lavfrekvente støj – og tillader dermed, at møller står tættere på beboelse, end hvad der er . . .
Turbine noise in Rome
Wind turbine experts gathered in Rome recently to discuss noise. Low frequency noise and amplitude modulation provided plenty to talk about. Noise from wind turbines is still not solved, as evidenced by seemingly endless conferences called to talk about the problem. Not that there is a noise problem, many wind farm operators would have us believe! That there are so many speakers and delegates at wind farm conferences would sort of suggests there are problems, with 87 papers covering both . . .
