Reduction of wind-turbine-generated seismic noise with structural measures

Abreu, Rafael; Peter, Daniel; Thomas, Christine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1227-2022

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1227-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1227-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

Research article

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20 Jun 2022

Research article |

| 20 Jun 2022

Reduction of wind-turbine-generated seismic noise with structural measures

Rafael Abreu, Daniel Peter, and Christine Thomas

Data sets

RafaelAbreuSeis/WT-input-data: (Version V0) Abreu, Rafael https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6652289

Model code and software

MeshAssist: an open-source and cross-platform meshing assistant tool H. N. Gharti, L. Langer, M. Roth, J. Tromp, U. Vaaland, and Z. Yan https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.883448

Short summary

In order to find consensus between wind energy producers and seismologists, we study the possibility of reducing wind turbine noise recorded at seismological stations. We find that drilling half-circular holes in front of the wind turbines helps to reduce the seismic noise. We also study the influence of topographic effects on seismic noise reduction.