NABU.de English Version Issues Oceans Wind Farms

Noise Threatens Our Oceans

Wind farm construction causes hearing damage to marine mammals

Erecting wind farms offshore is accompanied by an infernal noise. A sound pressure up to 200 decibels occurs while driving the foundation piles into the ocean floor by means of an hydraulic pile hammer. In the coming years plans for new wind farms have been completed. For offshore wind power to become a truly green technology, wind farm construction has to be marine-life friendly. Mehr

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