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Concerns regarding draft standard for wind farm noise
Author: Dickinson, Philip
Submission to Standards New Zealand with regard to draft Standard DZ 6808:2009 Acoustics – Wind farm noise from Philip J Dickinson Ph.D., FASA 13 April, 2009 1 The noise immission in any sleeping area, must meet the World Health Organization’s recommendations to protect public health, and minimise sleep disturbance at night – a level of 30 deciBels (LAeq) for steady continuous noise. The draft does not ensure this. 2 Any low frequency noise components in the sound from the windfarm(s) . . .
More »Europe, France, Germany, Health, Human rights, New Zealand, Noise, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Property values, Regulations, Safety, Scotland, Sweden, U.K. •
Changes in Wind Turbine Setbacks
Author: Palmer, William
Note that Setbacks can have both physical safety rationale – for reasons of potential injury – and noise rationale – for reasons of annoyance and health effects United Kingdom Derek Taylor, 1991, “How to Plan the Nuisance Out of Wind Energy”, suggested setback from wind turbines with a 30 metre rotor to roadways and lot lines, of 50 metres adequate to a lightly traveled road, 100 metres to a heavily traveled road, and 120 to 170 metres to a home [4-5.7 times rotor . . .
More »Acoustics: Wind farm noise — New Zealand Standards public comment draft
Author: New Zealand Standards
Version 2.5, 2 Feb. 2009 Closing date for comment: 30 April 2009 Comment on line or download comment form: http://www.standards.co.nz/web-shop/?action=viewDraft&draftId=DZ6808&mod=drafts This Standard covers the prediction, measurement and assessment of the received sound from wind farms. It recommends noise limits that balance the need to avoid disturbance to people living in the vicinity with the need to provide for development of a source of renewable energy. Limits for wind farm noise are required to provide protection against sleep disturbance and maintain . . .
More »Cost of pumped hydro storage
Author: Leyland, Bryan
Apart from hydropower, virtually all of the new renewable energy technologies suffer from one serious problem. A problem that, to my knowledge, there is no solution in sight. We simply do not have an efficient, low cost technology for storing large quantities of electrical energy for periods of hours, days and months. Until this is invented, no intermittent renewable energy technology can be used on other than a relatively small scale. The only available technology for storing large amounts of . . .
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