Originally posted by Rilthyn
There are more and more windfarms going up, but people always want to have a wah about the noise. ,,, what with the WIND. White noise and a very slight hum, my quality of life did not suffer, I assure you.
People complain about noise during high wind?? Or are they complaining about the noise when the wind's lower. The higher the wind, the more noise it's going to produce elsewhere, but if the turbines produce a great creaking or clattering when there's not much wind, that could get annoying.

But since sound is a form of energy, in this case wasted energy, it's in the interests of the turbine designers to minimize it. Since they're not stupid, I'd expect that the noise levels are going to be pretty low.