{"id":8164,"date":"2026-01-30T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwea.com.ua\/myth\/wind-turbines-are-loud\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:56:41","slug":"wind-turbines-are-loud","status":"publish","type":"myth","link":"https:\/\/uwea.com.ua\/en\/myth\/wind-turbines-are-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind turbines are loud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although wind turbines do produce a constant sound of “noise,” modern models are relatively quiet and often get lost in the background noise. In fact, a working wind farm at a distance of 230-300 meters is no louder than a kitchen refrigerator. Most wind turbines are designed in such a way that the turbine itself is located on the windward side of the tower, which reduces low-frequency and impulsive sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

On average, industrial-scale onshore wind turbines produce sounds in the range of 35-45 dB when heard from a distance of 300 meters (<\/span>For example, the sound from a lawn mower reaches 105 dB, a vacuum cleaner – 80 dB, a refrigerator – 40 dB<\/span><\/i>). According to national legislation, the minimum distance to the nearest settlement where a wind farm can be built is 700 meters (<\/span>in Europe – 1 km<\/span><\/i>). At this distance, the noise from wind farms is completely absent, and even more so in mountainous areas where settlements are located in lowlands. By the way, according to <\/span>According to the World Health Organization<\/span><\/a>, the safe noise level for human hearing from wind turbines during the daytime reaches 45 dB and at night 35 dB, which is a guideline for wind power equipment manufacturers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Low-frequency sounds or infrasounds: <\/i><\/b>The main cause of this syndrome is the so-called infrasound, which is below 20 Hz. It is mistakenly believed that such sounds have a negative impact on health, causing headaches, dizziness, nausea, or stress. But according to <\/span>research<\/span><\/a> t<\/span>his statement is false, as such sounds are masked by other sounds and the human body does not perceive them at all. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8164","myth","type-myth","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWind turbines are loud - UWEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwea.com.ua\/en\/myth\/wind-turbines-are-loud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wind turbines are loud - UWEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although wind turbines do produce a constant sound of “noise,” modern models are relatively quiet and often get lost in the background noise. 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