Health effects of wind turbines on humans in residential settings: Results of a scoping review

Freiberg, Alice; Schefter, Christiane; Girbig, Maria; Murta, Vanise Cleto; Seidler, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.032

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“…Although the wind energy sector is progressing at a faster rate, plenty of barriers exist similar to those in the solar sector that hinder the widespread installation of wind turbines. The policy, technology, market, economic, human resources and institutional barriers are also crippling this sector [59]. Mone et al [55] have estimated the construction cost of wind energy to vary from $57/MWh to $85/MWh, and the different parameters of capital costs are dependent on the type of wind power i.e., onshore and offshore [13].…”

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Growth projections against set-target of renewable energy and resultant impact on emissions reduction in India

Chabhadiya

Srivastava

Pathak

2020

Environmental Engineering Research

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In accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India is greatly focused on deployment of renewable energy (RE) for supplementing the energy requirements of the country. The present article assesses the validity of the promises offered by RE technologies in India and its necessary action to understand the gap between setting goals and the ground situation, which can also show a pathway to other developing countries. Therefore, the long-term projection perspectives on RE growth have been made using the India Energy Security Scenario-2047. In order to achieve the set target for emissions reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) i.e., 1209 MT CO2e in support of SDGs to the 2005 level by 2030, three renewable growth scenarios have been tested for transitioning the Indian energy system. Accordingly, the regression analysis reveals that the most desirable growth scenario will require a steady rise of RE contribution in the overall energy mix of India by 2030 from the current ~21% to 68% of the installed capacity. In this view, the present study highlights the exploration of new alternatives in long-term energy planning, and less on one-sided scenario to achieve the emissions’ reduction target.

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Growth projections against set-target of renewable energy and resultant impact on emissions reduction in India

Chabhadiya

Srivastava

Pathak

2020

Environmental Engineering Research

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“…Noise pollution leads to hearing loss or impairment (Hinchliffe 2002) besides several psychological and physiological effects (Oguntunde et al 2019). The combination of air and noise pollution is liked to respiratory ailments, tiredness and dizziness (Adetoun et al 2011;Shendell et al 2009), high blood pressure (Ebare et al 2011), cognitive difficulties (Ntui 2009) impact on fetal development (Selander et al 2019), annoyance and anxiety (Paiva et al 2019), mental health crisis (Freiberg et al 2019), sleep disturbance and insomnia (Eze et al 2018;Freiberg et al 2019), cardiovascular disorders (Sears et al 2018), cardiocerebrovascular diseases (Oh et al 2019), type 2 diabetes incidence (Thiesse et al 2018), and medically unexplained physical symptoms (Zock et al 2018), myocardial infarction incidence (Bräuner et al 2018), peptic ulcers (Min and Min 2018), and disruption of communication and retentive ability (Tesoriere et al 2018).…”

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Introduction to Medical Sciences

Chandrappa¹,

Das

2020

Environmental Health - Theory and Practice

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Medical science is a specialty of science that is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. However, the fundamentals of medical science need to be understood by the environmental practitioners and professionals to come out with effective solutions to present and future health problems due to continuous changes in the environmental setup. Similarly, the effects of the environment on different organs need to be well understood to chart out effective strategies to guide decision makers take the right decisions to protect public health by maintaining the environments. The relationship between the disease causative agent and level of exposure as well as the degree of effect generally occurs in several ways that form the fundamentals of environmental health. In addressing these points, this chapter discusses the fundamentals of medical sciences for environmental practitioners and professionals.

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“…Also, recommendations suggested by several authors on the different strategies on tackling noise pollution has not been considered and implemented. However, noise pollution continues to impact negatively on fetal development [26], annoyance and anxiety [27], mental health crisis [28], sleep disturbance and insomnia [29], [30], cardiovascular disorders in pregnant women [31], cardiocerebrovascular diseases [32], type 2 diabetes incidence [33] and medically unexplained physical symptoms [34]. Other auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health are myocardial infarction incidence [35], peptic ulcers [36] and disruption of communication and retentive capabilities in children [37].…”

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A Study of Noise Pollution Measurements and Possible Effects on Public Health in Ota Metropolis, Nigeria

Oguntunde¹,

Okagbue²,

Oguntunde³

et al. 2019

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Noise pollution has become a major environmental problem leading to nuisances and health issues. AIM: This paper aims to study and analyse the noise pollution levels in major areas in Ota metropolis. A probability model which is capable of predicting the noise pollution level is also determined. METHODS: Datasets on the noise pollution level in 41 locations across Ota metropolis were used in this research. The datasets were collected thrice per day; morning, afternoon and evening. Descriptive statistics were performed, and analysis of variance was also conducted using Minitab version 17.0 software. Easy fit software was however used to select the appropriate probability model that would best describe the dataset. RESULTS: The noise levels are way far from the WHO recommendations. Also, there is no significant difference in the effects of the noise pollution level for all the times of the day considered. The log-logistic distribution provides the best fit to the dataset based on the Kolmogorov Smirnov goodness of fit test. CONCLUSION: The fitted probability model can help in the prediction of noise pollution and act as a yardstick in the reduction of noise pollution, thereby improving the public health of the populace.

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Health effects of wind turbines on humans in residential settings: Results of a scoping review

Cited by 48 publications

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Growth projections against set-target of renewable energy and resultant impact on emissions reduction in India

Growth projections against set-target of renewable energy and resultant impact on emissions reduction in India

Introduction to Medical Sciences

A Study of Noise Pollution Measurements and Possible Effects on Public Health in Ota Metropolis, Nigeria

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