“The most common method for dealing with a potential noise issue is to simply require a “setback,” or minimum distance between any of the wind turbines in the project and the nearest residence, that is sufficient to reduce the sound level to a regulatory threshold.” (American Wind Energy Association “noise facts” ).
“In general, wind farms are not noisy, and wind is a good neighbor. Complaints about noise from wind projects are rare, and can usually be satisfactorily resolved.”
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