In recent years, a sharp surge in the economic developments among the developing country has ruled the demand for petroleum, which only highlights the issue of a steady declining global crude supply. On the other hand, following the world consensus on greenhouse gas emission reduction amid the rising greenhouse effect and following the signing of the 1997 UN Kyoto Protocol, world countries have turn to the development renewable energy as a primarily objective. Under such circumstances, the steadily maturing wind power generation technology has attracted world countries to rush to developing wind power stations as a focal point in energy development. As an island state, Taiwan not only commands fine wind energy but wind power has emerged as a crucial source of renewable energy to Taiwan Power Company, with wind turbines in its long-term power development accounting for a certain level of synergy. Comparatively, when faced the disturbance of noise as arisen from the operation of the wind turbines amid the public’s increasing environmental awareness and demand, the noise issue is increasingly being emphasized by the general public. Consistently at the forefront of safeguarding the general population’s quality of living environment, the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, has been sparing no efforts in the study and prevention of a variety of noise, which has spawned an assessment project for the current fiscal year to evaluation the impact of noise by wind power generating facilities at open facilities and sites. The project’s primary objective has been to conduct field survey on wind turbines to discern the state of noise impact, and to study and draft a suitable measurement method, through which to establish a noise measurement method for wind turbines at open-site facilities. The project also aims to conduct measurement and survey on sensitive public opinions, through which to discern the state of noise impact. In the meantime, the project also aims to facilitate the Environmental Protection Administration conduct the legislation work on the draft bills of the “Regulation for Various Categories of Restrictions Noise Control Zone Delineation” and “Noise Control Standard”, coordinating to the latest amended and announced Noise Control Act. The project’s primary objectives include: (I)To conduct field survey on wind turbines at open sites, and to draft a suitable measurement method. (II)To measure the noise of wind turbines with which to discern the state of noise in and around the noise source. (III)To instill a noise measurement method on wind turbines at open-site facilities. (IV)To conduct field measurement and survey at sensitive points of the noise emitted by wind turbines as reported by the general public, through which to discern the impact of wind power generation to the life of general public. (V) To facilitate the administration study and draft the draft bills of the “Regulation for Various Categories of Restrictions Noise Control Zone Delineation” and “Noise Control Standard”, coordinating with the newly amended Noise Control Act, and to stage the public hearing and presentation meeting-related understandings in a bid to complete legislating the foresaid regulation and standard as scheduled.

Wind turbines generator systems；Noise measurement