Do wind turbines make much sound?

You have to listen close, but you can just hear the giant wind turbines cutting through the air at one of the wind farms in Fond du Lac county WI.

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[CrAZeDsoLdDieR]

Why is everyone so critical of wind turbines? I bet half you people haven't never even heard the god awful screech a coal mine makes when it switches it's batches of coal. Even oil power plants make noise. People are saying they'd rather live next to a landfill? That is unbelievable.

[PetterVessel]

These windmills havent even started up yet. It get noisier.

[TimusOminere]

@rickcain2320 Or someone comes along a builds a massive ugly white thing next to your house that makes a shit-load of noise, especially at night. My sister lives near a wind farm in Scotland and they do make a lot of noise.

[rickcain2320]

@CrAZeDsoLdDieR

Some people are crazy, and need an excuse to justify it.

[bdc1960]

I've stood underneath some of these large turbines and concur that your video is accurate.

[PutU2REM]

The problem with this debate is that noise problems are subjective. The people who live near turbines are rural people used to rural silence. For the rest of us, who live near freeways and the like, we just frown and wonder what the fuss is about. Personally, I say suck it up. We have to do something about energy, and NIMBY just won't cut it anymore.

[ColinWatters]

In England developers sometimes have to scale back plans for wind farms to avoid breaking planning guidance on noise (ETSU-R97). That is despite the guidance allowing them to generate more noise than the WHO say you need to get back to sleep. They aren't all noisy - "only" around 1 in 6 wind farms have complaints - but perhaps people don't complain because of the effect it would have on the value of their house?

[BatfoxBabe]

This is such propaganda. That last one was turning so slow that it wasn't even generating electricity. When they are at full speed and generating, those things are LOUD and obnoxious over miles. Look at other posts by real people that show their true effect.

[TheSoftailboy1]

@RandomConcepts People who complain about aesthetic values are blind to reality. When are you going to wise up and realize that doing what is right is more important than caring about looks? Fossil fuels won't last forever. We need to use forms of energy that will always be available. Otherwise you will have none. It's funny you speak of aesthetics...if we continue to burn coal and pollute our planet then you will really have something to bitch about.