Wind Energy: Societal and Human Impacts

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Prof. Piotr Kacejko, Ph.D., is Graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Lublin

University of Technology. He specializes in the analysis of electric power systems. He is

coauthor of computer programs used in the power sector and author of more than 200 articles,

papers and research reports. His work carried out over the past 15 years has concerned

the determination of connection possibilities, the operation of RES units in the power system

and the study of stability in system development planning. He is an expert appointed by the

Energy Regulatory Office. He is also a member of the Committee on Electrical Engineering

of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Association of Polish Electrical

Engineers and the American IEEE. He served as Rector of Lublin University of Technology

from 2012 to 2020.

Jacek Szulczyk, Ph.D., is Doctor of technical sciences with specialization in vibroacoustics

and Graduate of the Poznan University of Technology. For almost 10 years he cooperated

with the Department of Vibroacoustics and Biodynamics of Systems, first as a doctoral

student, then as an assistant. He currently works as Chief Acoustician at the Acoustics and

Environmental Laboratory of EKOPOMIAR. He is a member of the National Commission

for Environmental Impact Assessment. For more than 10 years he has been carrying out

acoustic tasks related to the design and measurement of various noise sources, including

wind turbines.

Adam Zagubie, Ph.D., is Researcher and Teacher of the Koszalin University of Technology.

He has 20 years of measurement practice in the field of acoustics and vibration. He is a contractor

or manager in several research projects on vibration and noise analysis. He authored or

coauthored more than 30 scientific articles, and published in foreign and domestic journals.

He is a reviewer for several foreign journals. He is also an author or coauthor of more than

300 expert reports in the field of environmental protection against noise and vibration, for

industrial plants, roads, ports, ships, passenger car ferries and wind farms.

Klappentext

Wind Energy: Societal and Human Impacts presents the theoretical basis for the various impacts of wind turbines on humans. These impacts include noise (in the audible, low-frequency, and infrasound ranges), visual effects (shadow flicker and light reflections), electromagnetic fields, vibrations and oscillations from wind turbines.

Inhalt
Wind turbines Types of Impacts and Methods to Assess Them. Methodology for Determining the Maximum Intensity of Negative Impacts of a Wind Farm on Human Health. Wind Power Investments. Mitigating Negative Impacts and Ensuring Safety of Residents Living in Vicinity of Wind Farms. Summary and Conclusions.