Can road traffic mask sound from wind turbines? Response to wind turbine sound at different levels of road traffic sound

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2520-2527

  Pedersen, Eja ^a   van den Berg, Frits ^b   Bakker, Roel ^c   Bouma, Jelte ^c  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Masking; Siting; Wind turbine noise

Indexed keywords

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; NETHERLANDS; NOISE ANNOYANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROTOR BLADES; SOUND LEVEL; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VISIBILITY; WHITE NOISE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77649192418     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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