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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 55 | Page : 459--463 |
Impact of wind turbine noise in The Netherlands
Edwin Verheijen1, Jan Jabben1, Eric Schreurs1, Kevin B Smith2
1 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Environmental Monitoring, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
2 Department of Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, California 93943, USA
Correspondence Address:
Jan Jabben
Postbus 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven
The Netherlands
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DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.90331
The Dutch government aims at an increase of wind energy up to 6 000 MW in 2020 by placing new wind turbines on land or offshore. At the same time, the existing noise legislation for wind turbines is being reconsidered. For the purpose of establishing a new noise reception limit value expressed in L den , the impact of wind turbine noise under the given policy targets needs to be explored. For this purpose, the consequences of different reception limit values for the new Dutch noise legislation have been studied, both in terms of effects on the population and regarding sustainable energy policy targets. On the basis of a nation-wide noise map containing all wind turbines in The Netherlands, it is calculated that 3% of the inhabitants of The Netherlands are currently exposed to noise from wind turbines above 28 dB(A) at the faηade. Newly established dose-response relationships indicate that about 1500 of these inhabitants are likely to be severely annoyed inside their dwellings. The available space for new wind turbines strongly depends on the noise limit value that will be chosen. This study suggests an outdoor A-weighted reception limit of L den = 45 dB as a trade-off between the need for protection against noise annoyance and the feasibility of national targets for renewable energy.
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