Today was the day our local wind development company held an open house at their new development of Freedom Ridge.
Not the greatest weather. But there was sufficient wind that these GE 1.5 MW turbines were spinning well enough.
The turbines were controversial within the Freedom community, and I wanted to hear how noisy they really were. You could hear them quite clearly at about 200 meters. I imagine that you can hear them from further away. There are definitely houses well within earshot.
The same company wishes to develop a site in my own town of Jackson, which was one reason they held the open house. Generally, the Jackson site is further from housing, although I'd have to see a map of the proposed installation to be sure.
1.5 MW/hour is enough to power about 1500 houses.
That about sums up the trade-offs. But for more, see a few posts back.
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