Decreasing noise production of wind turbines

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Nicholas Hamilton has spent hundreds of hours listening to wind.

“It’s kind of soothing, actually,” said Hamilton, a research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). “It’s easy to forget you’re listening to data. It’s a little like white noise.” But those sounds are anything but white noise: They are the foundation of the most comprehensive dataset on exactly how quiet modern land-based wind plants could get. Wind energy is one of the fastest growing—and cheapest—renewable energy sources in the United States. To meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050, the industry... ... More: Official Press Release NREL

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