Renewable Rejection Database

Management theorist W. Edwards Deming famously said, “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” I created this database to provide reliable data on the rejections or restrictions of battery, solar, and wind projects that have occurred around the world over the past two decades. If you are aware of a rejection or restriction that's not in the database, please click the Contribute button and complete the form. Please include a working URL to the relevant article or government entity so I can verify the information. If it checks out, I will add it to the database. Thanks.

Total Recorded Rejections

1108

Wind Rejections

587

Solar Rejections

449

Battery Rejections

72

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6/14/2016USOHTownship TrusteesRushcreek Townshipwind

Township trustees adopted a resolution in opposition to the EverPower plan to build wind project in Logan County. Richland Township, also in Logan County, adopted a resolution opposing the EverPower Scioto Farm project in 2014.

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6/13/2016USVTSelectboardWindhamwind

The Windham Selectboard sent a letter asking wind developer Iberdrola to stop the development of a 96-megawatt wind project. The key part of the letter reads: "We are unwilling to subject any of our town's property owners to the unknown short- and longterm effects of exposure to turbine noise, vibration, infrasound, and shadow flicker. In addition, we find your repeated dismissal of the question of proximity troubling, as is your lack of truthfulness about the problems your company has experienced with turbine neighbors who have been sickened, annoyed, and deprived of quiet use of their property by your activities. In particular, we are following closely the suit brought by neighbors of Iberdrola's Hardscrabble project in New York."

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6/9/2016USSDBoard of SupervisorsLetcher Townshipwind

The township adopted an ordinance to establish a 1-mile setback for any turbine larger than 75 feet tall. Under the approved ordinance, no large wind energy system could be built within 5,280 feet of the nearest residence of a non-participating homeowner, or within 1,500 feet of the nearest neighbor's property line.Of the 77 registered voters living within township limits, 50 signed a petition stating their opposition to the Juhl Energy project which was to have 9 to 11 turbines.

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6/9/2016USTNCity CouncilCrossville City Councilwind

The Crossville City Council took a stance on a wind farm on Millstone Mountain in Cumberland County near Crab Orchard being proposed by Apex Renewable Energy and voiced opposition to the project in a 2-1 vote and requested the Cumberland County Commission join its opposition.

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6/8/2016USMEState of MaineLand Use Planning Commissionwind

The commission voted 9-0 to remove 14 townships and plantations from the area, where environmental reviews of wind projects are fast-tracked to encourage development. They are: Cathance, Concord, Edmunds, Long Pond, Mason, Misery Gore, Molunkus, Salem, Sapling and Sapling Administrative Area 1 townships; Denniston, Pleasant Ridge and Rangely plantations; and Taunton & Raynham Academy Grant. "Committee members say wind development in those areas would detract from land value, spoil viewsheds and disrupt the tourism industry around the lake."

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6/5/2016USVABoard of SupervisorsRockbridge Countywind

The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors, in a letter sent to state regulators last week, raised concerns about an industry that it says would sit just beyond its control while affecting its residents, environment and economy.

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6/1/2016USORThe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsFederal Courtwind

Appeals court ruled the BLM did not adequately address the threats to the sage grouse from a proposed wind project. The project, known as Enchanis, was to have about 104 MW of capacity.

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5/31/2016USMDCounty commissionAllegany Countywind

The commissioners filed a motion with the Maryland Public Service Commission to dismiss a Dan’s Mountain Wind Force request for a required certificate for a 17-turbine wind farm project on Dan’s Mountain. “Allegany County has serious concerns about the impact the project will have on its public safety communications and other public and private communication facilities located on Dan’s Mountain,” according to the document.

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5/27/2016USINCounty Superior CourtRush Countywind

Special Rush Superior Court Judge Matthew D. Bailey ruled May 27 to let the July 2015 decision, by the Rush County Board of Zoning Appeals, to approve special exception permits for the construction of wind turbines for the proposed Flat Rock Wind project stand, despite claims from APEX Clean Energy – the company behind the project – that the BZA over-stepped its authority in stipulating that the setback distance for those turbines would have to be 2,300 feet from non-participating property lines, instead of 1,000 feet.

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5/24/2016USMICounty JudgeSanilac Countywind

A Sanilac County judge sided with the Bridgehampton Township Planning Commission which tabled a public hearing on Exelon's application for a special land use permit for its planned Michigan Wind 3 project. Exelon claimed that “Anti-wind opponents hope to delay any action on wind energy until November when the township might elect new township trustees who will stop any wind projects.” Exelon plans to put 50 windmills in Bridgehampton Township — part of a larger 68-turbine wind farm.

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