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On the discovery show, it seemed pretty loud too. An annoying buzzing sound...not sure where they're planning on deploying these, but noise pollution might be a
by siavosh 16y ago
On the discovery show, it seemed pretty loud too. An annoying buzzing sound...not sure where they're planning on deploying these, but noise pollution might be an issue, not to mention potential crash safety issues.
- extension 16y agoCheck the FAQ. It has the same noise level as a wind tower, which is already pretty quiet, but at a higher frequency and higher up, so the sound will dissipate more.
- Anechoic 16y agoThe noise info presented in the FAQ is pretty useless - noise from conventional wind turbines depends on wind speed, hub height and distance - saying that the level from the AWT is "consistent with conventional wind turbines" is meaningless. It may be that they haven't done any noise testing at this stage (and the IEC 61400-11 standard for wind turbine noise testing is really not applicable to the AWT configuration) but they would have been better off just saying something like "we'll get back to you on that" rather than setting up expectations that might turn out to be unrealistic.
- flipper 16y agoYes, it's not just the volume of the noise, it's the nuisance: constant buzzing noises (especially high-frequency ones) are much more annoying than random 'household' noises, even if they are not as loud. I would have thought though that for safety and commercial reasons the wind farms would be built some distance away from population centres.