Avian Hearing and the Avoidance of Wind Turbines

Karin Sinclair

doi:10.2172/15000693

Avian Hearing and the Avoidance of Wind Turbines

Karin Sinclair

National Wind Technology Center

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Abstract

This report provides a complete summary of what is known about basic hearing capabilities in birds in relation to the characteristics of noise generated by wind turbines. It is a review of existing data on bird hearing with some preliminary estimates of environmental noise and wind turbine noise at Altamont Pass, California, in the summer of 1999. It is intended as a resource in futurediscussions of the role that hearing might play in bird avoidance of turbines.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	84
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/15000693
State	Published - 2002

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-500-30844

Keywords

birds
hearing
noise
sound
wind blade
wind farm
wind turbine

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