Summary
I read with interest the article from Jane Davis entitled Swooshed away in the July 25 Winnipeg Free Press. Davis, a resident of the United Kingdom, reflected on her discomfort associated with living in the vicinity of a wind farm in the U.K. and implied that her experiences are likely to be shared by the people of Manitoba in light of Manitoba's plans to deploy increased amounts of wind energy in the province. Specifically, Davis stated that she is exposed to an almost constant loud swooshing noise inside her residence that she states is the product of a sound anomaly called amplitude modulation. It is important to put this issue into context for your readers
Last week, a report titled The Salford Report, was released by the University of Salford, in Manchester, England. This report, commissioned by the U.K. government, examined the extent to which formal complaints were made with respect to sound at 133 wind farms in the U.K. It found that only four of these wind farms had ever received sound complaints related to the issue of amplitude modulation and that the concerns raised with respect to this issue had been successfully addressed through operational changes at three of those four wind farms. The one wind farm where issues continue to be discussed is the wind farm situated near Davis. In conjunction with the release of The Salford Report, the U.K. government issued a statement saying that it does not see a case for, nor will it conduct more research into, amplitude modulation noise in relation to wind farms.See the full content of this document
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Re: After the twister, Aug. 5.As a summer resident of Gull Lake for over 50 years, I am extremely disappointed that the Free Press chose to focus on the negativity expressed by the two individuals interviewed for this article. Had the reporter explored further, she would hav...See the full content of this document
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