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Table 2 Minimum distances to comply to the noise emission limit of 40 and 35 dB for housing areas[16]

From: Onshore wind energy use in spatial planning—a proposal for resolving conflicts with a dynamic safety distance approach

Configuration

Silent operating: 104.5 dB

Normal operating: 107.5 dB

Noise limit: 40 dB

Noise limit: 35 dB

Noise limit: 40 dB

Noise limit: 35 dB

Single spin wheel

520 m

770 m

660 m

980 m

Five spin wheels in a field

780 m

1,200 m

1.000 m

1,490 m

Seven spin wheels in a line

880 m

1,370 m

1,160 m

1,700 m

Twenty-one spin wheels in a field

1,040 m

1,600 m

1,375 m

2,060 m