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1. Sean Hoolehan

   

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   2/21/2013 12:02 PM

   Anyone have any experiences positive or negative concerning Wind Turbines being constructed in close proximity to a golf course. There is a Wind Turbine (140 feet tall 40 foot blades) proposed about 150 yards from my 11th green. Will this be distracting to Golfers?

   
   
   
   
2. Edward Doda

   

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   2/21/2013 2:02 PM

   Not a very big turbine considering most new installs are much larger, 200+ foot towers with blades 100-140 feet long with total heights 300+ft. Noise is a constant low frequency rumble increasing with speed which may not bother many since they are golfing and on the move. What might cause a bigger problem is the shadows made by the blades depending on time of year and placement of turbine. More info here
   
   http://www.wind-watch.org/
   
   Turbine that small not really making much power. Is it one of many to be built or an experiment?

   
   
   
   
3. Sean Hoolehan

   

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   2/21/2013 3:02 PM

   Edward Doda said: Not a very big turbine considering most new installs are much larger, 200+ foot towers with blades 100-140 feet long with total heights 300+ft. Noise is a constant low frequency rumble increasing with speed which may not bother many since they are golfing and on the move. What might cause a bigger problem is the shadows made by the blades depending on time of year and placement of turbine. More info here
   
   http://www.wind-watch.org/
   
   Turbine that small not really making much power. Is it one of many to be built or an experiment?

   
   
   Edward,
   
   It is a 1/2 size of the commercial ones we see out here. It is more of a demonstration and is being funded by a grant to a museum to help defray the energy costs. Its not a bad project just want to give everyone the best information possible. Thanks for the tip on shadow flicker that could be a big deal but since it is on the east side only in early morning.

   
   
   
   
4. Edward Doda

   

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   3/17/2013 11:03 AM

   Turbine flicker...tell me that this wouldn't drive you nuts
   
   http://kingstonjournal.com/kj-com-exclu ... cker-zone/