Saturday, June 29, 2013

$19,000 Sheffield wind study inconclusive

Another jurisdiction (Vermont) with no testing procedures to measure/enforce compliance on noise from industrial wind turbines

$19,000 Sheffield wind study inconclusive | vtdigger.com:
It’s unclear whether findings from a $19,000 state study on noise levels for the Vermont Wind Project in Sheffield indicate if the 16 turbines have exceeded state decibel thresholds.
Chris Recchia, commissioner for the Vermont Public Service Department, said that while the noise testing may help his department better understand how to evaluate wind noise in the future, he cannot draw conclusions from it.
“The testing is not helpful in terms of determining wind noise,” he said. “It really is not particularly useful in making conclusions about the compliance of the turbines.”
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