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UK Noise Association - Wind Farms are Causing Noise Problems
August 2, 2006 by UK Noise Association Press Release in IWA
August 2, 2006 by UK Noise Association Press Release in IWA
Within weeks of the Government's Energy Review (1) proposing that planning controls be relaxed to speed up the introduction of wind farms, a new report (2) reveals that badly-sited wind turbines can cause real noise problems for local communities.
RESIDENTS have complained that the noise from a wind farm is keeping them awake.
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“It was like the noise of a plane passing above the house but the noise never tailed off like a passing plane. It was permanent.
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"I have seen a lot of wind turbines and as you move further away you get a vortex effect and it sounds like six refrigerated lorries in a traffic jam.
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A Drefach-felindre Action Group has called on planning chiefs to turn down an application for three new turbines at Blaen Bowi windfarm.
The Wind Farms Awareness Group before the meeting.
The encroachment of wind farms into Perthshire was again halted by councillors as another five proposed schemes were knocked back.
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A DRAMATIC stop has been put on an application to erect 10 of the largest wind turbines in Wales on a site near Pencader.
Wind farms feel the chill of public rejection
April 5, 2004 by By Renee Mickelburgh, Tony Paterson and Kim Willsher in The Telegraph, London
April 5, 2004 by By Renee Mickelburgh, Tony Paterson and Kim Willsher in The Telegraph, London
They introduced the world to "environmentally friendly" energy, but now some of Europe's "greenest" countries are under pressure to backtrack on wind farms as public anger grows over their impact on the countryside.
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"Wind Farms" make people sick who live up to a mile away
January 25, 2004 by Catherine Milnew in Daily Telegraph
January 25, 2004 by Catherine Milnew in Daily Telegraph
"Onshore wind farms are a health hazard to people living near them because of the low- frequency noise that they emit, according to new medical studies. Doctors say that the turbines - some of which are taller than Big Ben - can cause headaches and depression among residents living up to a mile away."
More Attention Must Be Paid to the Harmful Effects
January 4, 2004 by Dr. Amanda Harry in Western Morning News
January 4, 2004 by Dr. Amanda Harry in Western Morning News
Plymouth GP Dr Amanda Harry has conducted her own survey on the effect
of noise on people living near the Bears Down wind farm in Cornwall.
Here, she reveals her findings.
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