Morning,
My background is mostly in the utility size turbines and this is how these issues are addressed by the industry.
One thing of a non-technical nature that I've learned is that the large turbine manufacturers and operators have that we don't is a large PR department.
Ham radio operators have been dealing with objections to thier towers, big ugly antennas, radio interderence (real and imagined), and general misconceptions about the hobby. The last Hamfest I attended included a discussion about PR with the neibors and planning commissions.
Maybe we need to come up with some creative ways to address the concerns our neibors have.
Large turbine builders/operators deal with Issues such as:
* Colour
With the single tube typre of tower white is the only practical option. White paint with good IR reflectivity is used to keep solar heating to a minimum since a 200+ foot tube generates quite an updraft on a sunny day. When the temps are around 40F and the sun shines it's like a hurricane blowing through access hole on the yaw plate and could potentialy cause overpressure damage to the nacelle not to mention increasing the danger to personell.
Most large turbines have white blades to keep uneven expantion from causing cracks in the blades though here in Brass Monkey, MN some have black blades to reduce ice buildup in winter.
We seem to have the opposite reaction to windpower here than in most places. "The more and the bigger the better" is the prevailing attitude since they provide jobs (like mine) tax revenue after the 5 year "no taxes" period and lease money for the landowners.
Noise from the large turbines is minimal to begin with and they tend to be located away from occupied structures. Noisy blades are inefficient blades.
If your tower is too tall you might have trouble with the FAA or need to put avation lights on it.
* Bird hazards?
I suppose if a goose made contact with a blade tip moving 300MPH it could damage a blade
Seriously the main avian concern here is the red tailed hawk. To my knowlege out of 138 750kW turbines operating for over 6 years only one hawk has been killed by the blades and that was a young one. Seems they only get the stupid birds.
Speaking of work...