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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| 10/5/2015 | US | NC | County | Perquimans County | wind | County commissioners imposed a four-month moratorium on a wind project after a surge in local opposition. | Link |
| 10/1/2015 | US | VT | Town | Irasburg | wind | Town meeting, vote against: 274-9 | Link |
| 10/1/2015 | US | NC | Governing board | Bald Head Island | wind | Bald Head Island governing board adopted a resolution opposing wind turbines located within 24 nautical miles of shore. The resolution says "wind turbines located within the Bald Head Island viewshed would transform our community?s natural and historic vista of open ocean to a view of massive industrial machinery...Such a change would represent for us the most destructive commitment of ocean resources that we have ever heard proposed in North Carolina ? one that could irreversibly damage the natural environment and resources that we cherish and that drive our economy" | Link |
| 9/18/2015 | US | ME | Town | Fort Fairfield | wind | Passed restrictive law with a one-mile setback; noise not to exceed background by more than five (5) dBA or dBC | Link |
| 9/17/2015 | US | NE | Township | Linwood | wind | Township residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of regulations restricting high-voltage power lines on township property, as well as noise limits on turbines, and minimum setbacks of 1640 feet from township roads and private property not associated with the wind project. | Link |
| 9/16/2015 | US | NE | Township | Oak Creek | wind | Township residents voted against allowing wind-energy development. | Link |
| 9/11/2015 | US | IN | County | Rush County | wind | Ended negotiations with wind developer | Link |
| 9/10/2015 | US | WI | Town | Forest | wind | Town announced that its legal fight against the Highland Wind Farm will continue, saying that the St. Croix Circuit Court ordered the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to hold further hearings before approving the construction of the project. The town's press release said "The Town has long fought and will continue to oppose the Highland Wind Farm project, which would place 42 500-foot tall wind turbines close to homes." | Link |
| 9/8/2015 | US | NE | Township | Richardson | wind | Township residents voted against allowing wind-energy development. | Link |
| 9/8/2015 | US | NE | Township | Skull Creek | wind | Township residents voted against allowing wind-energy development. | Link |