Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proliferate

Re:Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proli... by 8bitsrule on Friday February 11, 2022 @06:32PM (#30308306)

Found that video working on Youtube using the same 'v=' code. At one point (2:50) the video (attributed to the 'Allegheny Highlands Alliance'[0]; executive producer an M.D.) plays a sound labelled 'turbine noise during winter'. It's very loud ... I wouldn't spend an hour in that noise.

But was the noise recorded near the turbine(s)? And considering the turbine(s) are 530 yards (almost 1/3 mile) away from the home, those shadows falling on the building could only occur briefly near sunrise and sunset.

Here are some decibel readings at an equivalent distance from a turbine site in England. 4 to 6 dB is a lot less noisy than the AHA video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgN2G9d0dc

[0] https://alleghenyhighlandsalliance.org/

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Re:Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proli... by amatecha on Saturday February 12, 2022 @12:41AM (#30310289)

Having gone offroading near wind turbines, depending on some conditions (I don't know if it's wind, temperature, or what), they really do sound like that, and for quite some distance. The one depicted in that video is WAY too close to any home. The fact it was approved/OK'ed absolutely blows my mind. I should dig up my videos of being up in the mountains near the wind turbines... though it's tough for any video to accurately convey the level of audible disturbance, of course.

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Re:Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proli... by msrenee on Saturday February 12, 2022 @09:44AM (#30313153)

As far as the shadow, I don't care enough to do the math, but they are exceptionally tall. It's trippy when you stand under one. Google gives me about 90 meters tall for some of the modern ones. I'd imagine they could cast a shadow a pretty long distance.

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