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Re:Quieting the Global Growl by advisedwang on Friday June 07, 2024 @01:11PM (#40610652)
Wind turbines are moving a lot faster than they appear. E.g. Vestas v164 [1] rotates only at max 12 times per minute so looks slow. But because it has 80m blades, the tip speed is up to 100 meters per second (230mph). That's 1/3rd the speed of sound! That can generate a lot of noise.

[1] https://en.wind-turbine-models.com/turbines/1419-mhi-vestas-...

Re:Quieting the Global Growl by jeffbee on Friday June 07, 2024 @02:17PM (#40611355)
That explains why they would make broadband noises but not peaky high-q noises like the ones in the paper.