[HTML][HTML] Adverse environmental impacts of wind farm installations and alternative research pathways to their mitigation

NE Chowdhury, MA Shakib, F Xu, S Salehin… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The world has witnessed an unprecedented growth of WF installation, driven by national
and international energy policies. Considering the negative impacts of fossil fuel and …

[HTML][HTML] Development and application of a semantic differential for perception-based optimization of wind turbine and other broadband sounds

B Schäffer, R Pieren, M Brink, SJ Schlittmeier - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
Growing numbers of the population are exposed to wind turbine (WT) and other broadband
sound sources from the environment. Acoustically optimizing emissions of environmental …

Amplitude modulated wind farm noise relationship with annoyance: a year-long field study

KL Hansen, P Nguyen, G Micic, B Lechat… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents results from a one-year study of indoor annoyance and self-reported
sleep times for two participants located near different wind farms. Continuous measurements …

EEG power spectral responses to wind farm compared with road traffic noise during sleep: a laboratory study

C Dunbar, P Catcheside, B Lechat… - Journal of Sleep …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wind turbine noise is dominated by low frequencies for which effects on sleep relative to
more common environmental noise sources such as road traffic noise remain unknown. This …

Quantification of amplitude modulation of wind turbine emissions from acoustic and ground motion recordings

E Blumendeller, L Gaßner, FJY Müller… - Acta …, 2023 - acta-acustica.edpsciences.org
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a common phenomenon associated with wind turbine (WT)
related noise annoyance. Within the interdisciplinary project Inter-Wind, acoustic, ground …

Audibility of wind farm infrasound and amplitude modulated tonal noise at long-range locations

PD Nguyen, KL Hansen, B Lechat, C Hansen… - Applied Acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind energy is one of the fastest growing sources of renewable energy in Australia.
However, wind farm noise (WFN) continues to attract complaints from residents living near …

An experimental investigation on the impact of wind turbine noise on polysomnography-measured and sleep diary-determined sleep outcomes

T Liebich, L Lack, K Hansen, B Zajamsek, G Micic… - Sleep, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Carefully controlled studies of wind turbine noise (WTN) and sleep
are lacking, despite anecdotal complaints from some residents in wind farm areas and …

Effect of infrasound on the detectability of amplitude-modulated tonal noise

B Zajamsek, KL Hansen, PD Nguyen, B Lechat, G Micic… - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated aural detectability of wind farm infrasound and its effects on higher
frequency audible tonal noise via creating a sensation of amplitude modulation. The study …

Studies on the Experimental Measurement of the Low-Frequency Aerodynamic Noise of Large Wind Turbines

W Wang, Y Yan, Y Zhao, Y Xue - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the continuous warming of the global climate, expanding the use of renewable energy
has become one of the main social responsibilities. However, as the number of installed …

Acceptability of amplitude modulated tonal wind farm noise for sleep: A laboratory study

B Zajamsek, KL Hansen, PD Nguyen, B Lechat, G Micic… - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated self-reported sleep acceptability of wind farm noise (WFN) containing
low-frequency amplitude modulated tones during evening listening tests in an acoustics and …