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19 Jun 2025
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| 19 Jun 2025
Seismic noise characterization for the Buddusò–Ala dei Sardi wind park (Sardinia, Italy) and its impact on the Einstein Telescope candidate site
Giovanni Diaferia
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Irene Molinari
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Marco Olivieri
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Fabio Di Felice
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Roma 1, Rome, Italy
Andrea Contu
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Domenico D'Urso
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Luca Naticchioni
INFN Sezione di Roma, Rome, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Davide Rozza
INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Dipartimento di Fisica “Giuseppe Occhialini”, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Jan Harms
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L'Aquila, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
Alessandro Cardini
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Rosario De Rosa
Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
INFN Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Matteo Di Giovanni
Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
INFN Sezione di Roma, Rome, Italy
Valentina Mangano
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Fulvio Ricci
INFN Sezione di Roma, Rome, Italy
Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Lucia Trozzo
INFN Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Carlo Murineddu
Nadara S.p.A, Milan, Italy
Carlo Giunchi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Seismic noise from wind farms can disturb nearby sensitive instruments. We examine the noise of Italy's largest wind farm, located near the proposed site for the third-generation gravitational wave detector. We find that seismic noise is considerable and can be detected up to 13 km distance. Seismic sensors placed at ∼ 250 m depth confirm an excellent level of noise suppression; however, small disturbances in the recorded spectra are detectable when the wind park operates at full capacity.
Seismic noise from wind farms can disturb nearby sensitive instruments. We examine the noise of...
