Living Near a Wind Farm

Redjeep!

A planning proposal is about to be submitted that will site several 2.5MW windturbines in my immediate neighbourhood. There will be two within less than 1km from my house.

Does anybody else live this close ? Are there any concerns I should be worried about ?

probe

I'd suggest that you have a look at another similar sized wind farm - standing 800m or whatever distance you home will be from the proposed wind farm and make your own conclusions.

There is no substitute for what your own eyes and ears will tell you in these circumstances.

There is a somewhat out of date "map" of wind farms at:

http://www.sei.ie/Renewables/Wind_Energy/Wind_Maps/Wind_Map_2007/

(pity they don't keep an up to date map using google maps)

http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/examples/index.html

anymore

Redjeep! wrote: »

A planning proposal is about to be submitted that will site several 2.5MW windturbines in my immediate neighbourhood. There will be two within less than 1km from my house.

Does anybody else live this close ? Are there any concerns I should be worried about ?

You may have your Tv signals interfered with

Redjeep!

Thankyou both.

I'm planning to go and find a similar windfarm and see the effects. I have the list of installed units as well from the SEI and so can find similar turbines.

I just wondered if there was anybody around who actually lives near one.

probe

anymore wrote: »

You may have your Tv signals interfered with

If you have DTT coverage in an area, it is far more resilient to interference from wind farms compared with analog TV transmissions. Most flat screen TVs have built-in DTT receivers and under virtually all circumstances the picture will be of better quality using a DTT signal, where it exists.

Out of date government related websites on the topic:

http://www.digitaltelevision.ie
http://www.rtenl.ie/dtt.htm

No coverage map available AFAICS.

mink_man

noise would be a factor

bladespin

mink_man wrote: »

noise would be a factor

I'd be very suprised if you could hear them more than a couple of hundred meters away, used to be an issue on the old turbines (10yrs +).

Cookie_Monster

You'll get your electricity quicker :pac:

Jim Martin

I heard noise from a turbine 2,000 ft away at Moanmore (Co.Clare), I reckon it was the noise of wind in the blades rather than the generator itself. I think it all depends on the direction of the wind and where you are positioned in relation to the blades. I was East of the turbine and the wind, which was strong, was coming from the South.

mink_man

how much do they cost anyways, like one for a house?.. a decent one..

jimmyendless

probe wrote: »

If you have DTT coverage in an area, it is far more resilient to interference from wind farms compared with analog TV transmissions. Most flat screen TVs have built-in DTT receivers and under virtually all circumstances the picture will be of better quality using a DTT signal, where it exists.

Out of date government related websites on the topic:

http://www.digitaltelevision.ie
http://www.rtenl.ie/dtt.htm

No coverage map available AFAICS.

I presume it won't interfere with a satellite signal so? There is an anemometer with a km of my house at the moment so I presume there will be one there soon.

Amalgam

Light \ Shadow 'flicker' might be a problem, depending how close you are. YouTube videos look like the condition would drive you to distraction.

Check out this unfortunate family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyOImGHyJtQ

Just a heads up.

whatisayis

Here some other links you may be interested in:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6954565.ece

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/wind-watch.html