Working meeting Poznań 19/03/2024
On March 19, the final meeting of the HETMAN project will be held at the Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, during which the results of the grant will be presented to those interested.
Winter School-Szczyrk 03/03/2024
On February 26, 2024 – March 1, 2024, project members participated in the LI Winter School of Environmental Acoustics and Vibroacoustics. A meeting regarding the good practices guide was organized, led by Prof. Anna Preis. During the SZASiW conference, the results of the work so far were presented.
Polish research group at the SINTEF headquarters in Norway 20-23/02/2024
On February 20-23, 2024, the representation of the HETMAN research team from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań was visited by the Norwegian research institute SINTEF based in Trondheim, which cooperates in the project. During the stay, work continued on a guide to good practices in the field of wind turbine noise management, which […]
About the project
A rapid increase in the number of wind turbine farms located around the world is related to the low environmental impact of this kind of energy production.
One of the main drawbacks is noise. The noise emitted by wind turbines does not resemble the common industrial noise – it has different temporal-spectral characteristics. Thus, standardized procedures of monitoring and controlling noise do not fit well into specifics of wind turbines. In the effect, there is a lack of law regulations while people living around wind turbines complain about their annoying noise.
In Poland – as well as in many other countries – the same noise indicators and their limits are used for monitoring both industrial and wind turbines noise. In consequence, social dissatisfaction led to the change in Polish law regarding possible localization of new wind turbine farms. Practically, this change stopped the development of this market in Poland.
