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“Gulliver” wind turbine slammed for sounding like jet planes
Credit: 3rd April 2025 · By Harry Jackaman-Pegg · lowestoftjournal.co.uk ~~
A towering structure in a town’s skyline has been slammed for suddenly sounding like a squadron of noisy jet planes.
The Gulliver wind turbine at Ness Point in Lowestoft received a major overhaul from renewable energy company Thrive Renewables last December.
[The turbine is a NEG Micon NM92, with a maximum generating capacity of 2.75 MW. It was erected in 2005.]
But the huge blades have recently gone from spinning without notice to being “extremely noisy”.
Now the disruptive sound has travelled across the town, keeping locals, who had never heard the turbine until Wednesday night, awake.
One man, who lives near Gulliver and doesn’t want to be named, said: “The sound was better for a few days, but the last two days, it’s been extremely noisy.
“It has been dead quiet on occasions, so something isn’t right. The engineers have been there around 15 separate occasions this year alone. It sounds like constant jet planes flying over.”
Kay Turner added: “Last night it was really loud in Stanley Street. I’ve never heard it before.”
Danny Woolston said: “I could actually hear it today from north Lowestoft.”
And Chris Key added: “It was making a loud, horrible noise on Wednesday.”
People have been left surprised by how loud the wind turbine has suddenly become (Image: Mick Howes)
A spokesman for Thrive Renewables confirmed the firm is “investigating concerns about noise at the Ness Point turbine” that it was “recently been made aware of”.
But why Gulliver is suddenly making such loud noises remains unknown.
Since Thrive acquired the turbine in 2005, it has generated more than 88,800 MWh of electricity for UK homes and businesses.
When it was built nearly 20 years ago, it was the largest onshore wind turbine in the UK.
It measures 413ft from its base to the tip of its highest blade.
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