Energy transport is difficult but there would be much better locations, especially for islands. This is just mismanagement.
I'm afraid that even in most urban areas, the low-frequency noise would stand out from typical background noise and have noticeable health effects on the community.
There is a growing literature on the health effects of low-frequency noise, and also on (mostly losing) battles of communities against nearby wind farms.
Especially since most cities get much quieter at night.
Surely, that societies have a clear idea that noise pollution must be a concern would be duly and civilized -
but, that territory impairing infrastructure is placed in the few quiet places remaining, is a special kind of madness in itself.
Also considering that urban areas in many territories already are a huge compromise in terms of quiet, so you will want to keep the few unpolluted places remaining as a reserve...
Unfortunately, the topic of windmills is getting politized, and complaining against the negative effects is now being ridiculed and tried to antivaxxing and luddism.
> > There is a growing literature on the health effects of low-frequency noise, and also on (mostly losing) battles of communities against nearby wind farms.
If even Trump couldn't prevent a wind farm near one of his Scottish properties, it's indeed mostly battles being lost:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-just-broug...
While nimbism may play a large role, the negative health effects reported by many people like you should not be neglected.
And I just don't understand why the damage to the wildlife is almost never mentionned.
>> has to be a lie - they haven't died from lack of sleep
C'mon guys, you can't be serious?!
That is an inherent difficulty with wind turbines, because the most efficient places for wind tend to be the places of optimal sound broadcast.
Though location wise, one big point would be: "Alongside the motorway? Ok, consistent. // In the middle of paradise? (...Speechless.)"
To place wind turbines where busy infrastructure already is would facilitate energy transport.
Off shore wind farms are a nice idea until they block your entire view of the sea.
Wind should be a small scale solution for remote locations.
It doesn’t seem to me that any implementation of it on an industrial scale can be achieved without an environmental disaster of a different kind.
Small Nuclear Reactors and fusion really can’t come fast enough.