HC Deb 06 May 2004 vol 420 cc1730-1W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has made to other Government Departments regarding obstruction to shipping lanes from wind farms. [168355]

Mr. Timms

I refer to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport made on 4 May 2004,Official Report, column 1390W.

Adam Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what evidence she has examined on low frequency noise emitted by wind turbines. [170186]

Nigel Griffiths

Research on low frequency noise emitted from wind turbines has been carried out under the Department's New and Renewable Energy Programme and reported in "Low Frequency Noise and Vibrations Measurement at a Modern Wind Farm" ETSU W/13/00392/REP.

The results of that study show that low frequency noise emitted from wind farms falls well within recognised acceptable limits.