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2013, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Measurement of Underwater Noise During the Operational Phase of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm
2013-07-08
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In response to FEPA Licence (33369/10/3, Supplementary Condition 9.36) for the
Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), underwater noise measurements were
undertaken to assess underwater noise from the operational wind farm at ‘various frequencies
across the sound spectrum, at a selection of locations immediately adjacent to and between
turbines and within and outside the array at varying distances’.
The underwater acoustic measurements performed at the operational Sheringham Shoal OWF,
show that the radiated underwater sound from the particular wind turbines employed
(Siemens SWT-3.6-107) is predominantly made up of tonal frequency components below
around 500 Hz, resulting from the rotating nature of the turbine and its sub-components.
Measurements were obtained in close proximity to individual wind turbines (~40 to 50m) for
their full range of operating conditions, with snap-shot measurements at various positions
between wind turbines and at a number of ranges away from the wind farm (ranging from
about 50 m to 31 km), at all four compass points. The noise radiated from the operational
wind turbines was typically comparable to or below the background noise level, and it was
only certain frequency components that could be attributed to the operational wind turbines.
The measured levels at the Sheringham Shoal OWF are comparable to those reported
previously in the literature, where the same literature suggests that the underwater noise
resulting from operational wind turbines would not be expected to result in injury to marine
mammals and fish. The resultant noise levels in proximity to the turbines are also
substantially lower than those expected to result in the onset of a permanent threshold shift in
hearing response (PTS), or even a temporary threshold shift in hearing response (TTS), in
marine mammals (Southall et al., 2007). It is also unlikely that these noise levels would result
in a behavioural response, except perhaps in very close proximity to the turbines and only for
species which might be sensitive to the tonal frequencies radiated.
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