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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| 11/25/2015 | US | IA | County | Fayette County | wind | County supervisors imposed a 6-month moratorium on new wind projects | Link |
| 11/18/2015 | US | VT | Town | Swanton | wind | Town voted 731-160 against the Rocky Ridge wind project which aims to put seven 499-foot-high turbines in the town. | Link |
| 11/18/2015 | US | IL | County | Boone County | wind | Boone County Board voted 9-3 to require all wind turbines be a minimum of 2640 feet from a property line | Link |
| 11/17/2015 | US | ME | Town | Freedom | wind | Vote was 32-6 in favor of numerous regulations on wind turbines including setbacks. Ordinance is 40 pages. | Link |
| 11/14/2015 | US | MD | County | Allegany County | wind | Allegany County Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to deny variances for a 17-turbine wind project on Dan's Mountain. | Link |
| 11/11/2015 | US | MI | County | Huron County | wind | County Commissioners approve by 6-1 vote a 16-page ordinance setting stricter rules on setbacks, height, and noise. | Link |
| 11/10/2015 | US | NE | County | Lancaster County | wind | County commissioners approved noise and setback regulations aimed at halting the Hallam Wind project. | Link |
| 11/6/2015 | US | NV | Federal | US District Cout | wind | US District Court halted an 87-turbine wind project after determining that a BLM environmental study of the project, to be built in the Mojave Desert, had gaps. The project aims to install 87 turbines on 18,949 acres of BLM land. Total capacity: 200 MW | Link |
| 11/2/2015 | US | NV | US Federal Court | Searchlight | wind | U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du vacated the federal permits for construction of the Searchlight Wind Project in Southern Nevada. Judge Du found that environmental analyses prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) inadequately evaluated the dangers that the industrial-scale wind project would pose to desert wildlife. | Link |
| 10/22/2015 | US | KS | County | Douglas County | wind | County commissioners extended a moratorium on new wind projects for an additional six months so the county can develop better regulations. | Link |