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.
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| 12/30/2015 | US | ND | County | Stark County | wind | Stark County Commissioners voted unanimously to impose a two-year moratorium on applications for new wind projects. | Link |
| 12/17/2015 | US | NY | County | Erie County | wind | The legislature of Erie County adopted a resolution opposing the "construction of wind turbines" in the flight path of the Niagara Falls Airforce Reserve Station. The resolution specifically names Apex Energy and is clearly aimed at Lighthouse Wind. | Link |
| 12/16/2015 | US | NY | County | Orleans County | wind | Orleans County legislators voted to oppose the Lighthouse Wind project that is proposed near Yates and Somerset. Legislators voted to oppose the project which they said would ?place commercial wind turbines within this quaint, beautiful Town of Yates.? | Link |
| 12/15/2015 | US | VT | Town | Fairfield | wind | Town selectboard voted to oppose Rocky Ridge Wind Project and sent a letter to VT Governor Peter Shumlin, to let their position be known. "We strongly feel that this project would negatively affect the Town of Fairfield and its residents." | Link |
| 12/4/2015 | US | NY | County | Niagara County Board of Health | wind | Niagara County Board of Health voted on Dec 3 to ask Albany for a full environmental review of the Lighthouse wind project. | Link |
| 12/3/2015 | US | NH | State | Site Evaluation Committee | wind | The Site Evaluation Committee passed final rules on the siting of energy projects in the state that include strict rules on wind energy projects including limits on noise and flicker. | Link |
| 12/3/2015 | US | ME | State | Maine Supreme Court | wind | The court ruled that the state environmental appeals board acted within its power in denying SunEdison?s proposed 16-turbine Bowers Mountain wind farm. The court agreed that the project would have "an unreasonable adverse effect on the scenic character" of several lakes that have been deemed scenic resources of the state. | Link |
| 12/2/2015 | US | OK | Tribe | Osage Tribe | wind | The Osage Tribe has been fighting a wind project pushed by Enel for years. After inaction by the Department of Interior, the tribe is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that will halt what it calls a "significant invasion" of its property. The project has 84 turbines. Principal Chief Geoffrey StandingBear called the wind project "a harsh form of pollution, and it should go away.? | Link |
| 12/1/2015 | US | MA | Town | Bourne | wind | Bourne's Board of Selectmen unanimously approved health officials? request to seek legal action to stop a four-turbine wind project in South Plymouth due to concerns about adverse health effects. | Link |
| 11/28/2015 | US | PA | County | Luzerne County | wind | Luzerne County Court denied an appeal by EDF Renewables, which wanted to overturn the finding of the Foster Township Zoning Hearing Board, which refused to issue a permit for the company's 15-turbine project. | Link |