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Scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences studied the impact of wind turbines on the human environment

by Dignity News
Experts from the Committee on Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) studied the impact of renewable energy sources (RES) on human health. They included their conclusions in the study ‘Wind power plants in the human environment’.

In the paper, the scientists point to the high demand for renewable energy sources in Poland. Their observations suggest that wind power plants could be one of the main pillars of the country’s energy transition and that further development of onshore wind energy will be possible by reducing the required minimum distance of wind power plants from residential buildings.

These are the conclusions of a report by researchers gathered in the Committee on Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The paper is the joint work of 37 scientists. The more than 200-page analysis focuses in particular on wind power plants.

“Onshore wind energy has every predisposition to become the answer to both the economic and climate crisis. What is more, it can be the main pillar of the country’s energy transformation that Poland is facing”, says a member of the Electrotechnical Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Piotr Kacejko.

In his opinion, the liberalisation of the rules for the location of wind energy investments will allow new projects to be implemented within several-year investment cycles, using modern and low-environmental-impact technologies.

Regarding the sounds emitted by wind turbines, the vast majority of scientists agree that there is no clear evidence that noise, including infrasound from wind turbines, has a negative impact on human health or well-being. There is also no risk to human health from wind turbines for electromagnetic and vibrational impacts with basic precautions.

Adrian Andrzejewski

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