Windmill Generators: Debunking the Noise Myth

[Chocolate07]

The first big myth about windmills and wind turbines is that they are very noisy.

http://windpowerspecialist.com/articles_3.html

 

[xxChrisxx]

Not a very scientific look at wind turbine noise, looking at a random sales site.

Small turbines don't infact produce much noise about 40ish dB, they don't produce much power either.3MW turbines do produce a hell of a lot of noise. Some are on the order of 100dB.

http://www.barrhill.org.uk/windfarm/noise/11-windnoise.pdf
http://www.barrhill.org.uk/windfarm/noise/8-klug_noisefromwt_sevilla2002.pdf