I have not heard of any reports of wind turbine interference to
TV and radio signals in Australia but if the info on the web is
any indication then we won't have to wait long.
Here is a starting point.
ITU-R BT.2142-1 – The effect of the scattering of digital
television signals from a wind turbine.
Note; ITU is the International Telecommunications Union a UN
organisation.

Especially people in country areas are more likely to suffer
from this problem. If you watch a TV station some distance away
on the other side of a wind farm your TV picture could have
interference bars or even have the picture chopped up.
The only solution is to remove the wind turbine or have anothe
TV transmitter installed for your area.
Google Wind Turbine TV Interference.
There is a lot of info there.

As wind turbines are erected only in the country, it will be ONLY people in country areas who will suffer from the presence of these hideous things, whether it's their TVs, the assault on their views, effects on their sleep, or the chemical effects on their livestock as turbines degenerate.

Bezza,

The ITU paper you mentioned linked is a technical assessment of possible signal scattering, not proof of widespread real-world issues.

Countries with far more wind turbines than Australia (e.g. Germany, Denmark, the UK) have managed TV reception just fine by using repeaters or minor antenna adjustments.

This one’s really scraping the barrel.

As for ttbn’s usual flair for melodrama:

- Wind farms aren’t the only tall structures near transmission paths; towers, high-rises, and hills also scatter signals. The same mitigation applies.

- Claims of sleep disturbance and poisoning have been studied extensively and found unsubstantiated. Turbines don’t “degenerate” into poison.

It’s standard anti-renewable playbook: cherry-pick a technical note, skip over decades of practical mitigation, and then spiral into unrelated scare stories.

Industrial-strength dishonesty from those whose real fear is that wind turbines just aren’t masculine enough - and that we’ll all somehow “catch the gay” unless our power is generated by big sweaty men getting their backs into it… ironically.

John, you missed the point, it would be the movement of the blades
that would cause the problem. No wind no problem.

Bezza,

I didn’t miss that - it’s literally what “signal scattering” means. But the point stands: countries with massive wind fleets solved this ages ago with simple fixes.

“No wind, no problem” just proves how limited the issue is. It’s only when blades are moving and you’re directly in a signal path and you haven’t adjusted your antenna or the network hasn’t installed a repeater. That’s why it’s barely a footnote in places blanketed with turbines.

Nevertheless it does happen and true it will be country people
with the path through the wind site to the TV transmitter.
Do you really think repeaters can be setup so readily & cheaply ?