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Evaluation of annoyance from the wind turbine noise: A pilot study

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Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska M., Dudarewicz A., Zaborowski K., Zamojska-Daniszewska M., Waszkowska M.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

2014

vol. 27

issue 3

364-388

Objectives: The overall aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of and annoyance due to the noise from wind turbines in populated areas of Poland. Material and Methods: The study group comprised 156 subjects. All subjects were asked to fill in a questionnaire developed to enable evaluation of their living conditions, including prevalence of annoyance due to the noise from wind turbines and the self-assessment of physical health and well-being. In addition, current mental health status of the respondents was assessed using Goldberg General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. For areas where the respondents lived, A-weighted sound pressure levels (SPLs) were calculated as the sum of the contributions from the wind power plants in the specific area. Results: It has been shown that the wind turbine noise at the calculated A-weighted SPL of 30-48 dB was noticed outdoors by 60.3% of the respondents. This noise was perceived as annoying outdoors by 33.3% of the respondents, while indoors by 20.5% of them. The odds ratio of being annoyed outdoors by the wind turbine noise increased along with increasing SPLs (OR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.22-3.62). The subjects' attitude to wind turbines in general and sensitivity to landscape littering was found to have significant impact on the perceived annoyance. About 63% of variance in outdoors annoyance assessment might be explained by the noise level, general attitude to wind turbines and sensitivity to landscape littering. Conclusions: Before firm conclusions can be drawn further studies are needed, including a larger number of respondents with different living environments (i.e., dissimilar terrain, different urbanization and road traffic intensity).

Energetyka wiatrowa jako element systemu bezpieczeństwa energetycznego państwa

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kmiecik m., śmiech s.

Rocznik Bezpieczeństwa Międzynarodowego

2016

vol. 10

issue 2

292-297

With the passing time and the accelerating exploitation of fossil fuels, there is a growing need to exchange the production of electricity from conventional sources to renewables. Energy resources, such as oil, natural gas and coal will suffice to meet the needs of several generations, but we need to anticipate their running out o, or using them will be unprofitable due to the high price. This raises a number of problems in terms of the state energy security -just now there is the time to develop the alternative energy and thus provide the access to it for future generations. One of the renewable energy sources is wind and its use for the production of electricity is this article subject

Wraz z upływem lat i szybszym zużywaniem paliw kopalnych, istnieje coraz większa potrzeba przestawienia produkcji energii elektrycznej ze źródeł konwencjonalnych na odnawialne. Złoża surowców energetycznych, takich jak ropa naftowa, gaz ziemny i węgiel wystarczą jeszcze na zaspokojenie potrzeb kilku pokoleń, jednak trzeba myśleć perspektywicznie i zdać sobie sprawę z faktu, że paliw tych kiedyś zabraknie, bądź ich stosowanie będzie nieopłacalne ze względu na wysoką cenę. Rodzi to wiele problemów w kwestii zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa energetycznego państwa. Teraz właśnie jest czas na to, by wypracować alternatywne źródła energii, a tym samym zapewnić dostęp do nich przyszłym pokoleniom. Jednym z odnawialnych źródeł energii jest wiatr i jego wykorzystanie do produkcji energii elektrycznej jest tematem niniejszego artykułu.

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Evaluation of annoyance from the wind turbine noise: A pilot study

Energetyka wiatrowa jako element systemu bezpieczeństwa energetycznego państwa