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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| 6/16/2015 | US | VT | 27 towns in Rutland Cty | Rutland Regional Planning Commission | wind | Adopted the Rutland Regional Plan, which delineates rules on everything from biomass to wind energy. Wind turbines must have setbacks of 1 mile per megawatt of capacity from any habitable structure. | Link |
| 6/9/2015 | US | NY | Town | Burke | wind | Town Board voted 4-0 to approve a local law on setbacks from wind turbines. The new report says the "town had been working on wind tower regulations on and off for 15 years." | Link |
| 6/9/2015 | US | ME | Town | Dixfield | wind | Town voters approve a new ordinance on wind turbines that sets limits on noise, setback (4,000 feet from any occupied building), and flicker. | Link |
| 5/6/2015 | US | MI | Township | Meade | wind | Referendum vote that voided a decision by the town board to create a wind-overlay district. The overlay district was voted down by the township 222-147. | Link |
| 5/5/2015 | US | ND | County | Stark County | wind | County commissioners rejected a permit for a NextEra project with 87 turbines | Link |
| 3/26/2015 | US | VT | Essex, Caledonia and Orleans counties, 55 towns | Northeastern Vermont Development Association | wind | Covers 55 towns and gores. "After discussion, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the Executive Committee?s recommendation for no further industrial ? scale wind development in the Northeast Kingdom." The development association covers 21 percent of Vermont?s land area and represents 55 communities. | Link |
| 3/24/2015 | US | MD | County | Kent County | wind | County commissioners voted unanimously to reject a 49-turbine project being pushed by Apex Clean Energy | Link |
| 3/16/2015 | US | NH | Town | Orange | wind | Passed various local laws to restrict wind; Final say for projects at or over 30 MW is determined by a state committee. In a Town Meeting in March, the vote was 117-7 against the EDP project. | Link |
| 3/16/2015 | US | NH | Town | Groton | wind | Passed restrictive law; Local law applies to projects under 30 MW; Restricts tower heights to 400 feet; property line setback of 2000 feet, noise not exceed 33 dBA. Groton already hosts a 48 MW Iberdrola wind project. This ordiance passed overwhelmingly after town has had to deal with the turbines. | Link |
| 3/16/2015 | US | NH | Town | Grafton | wind | Town voted against the Spruce Ridge Wind Project in Grafton County. Passed various local laws to restrict wind; Final say for projects at or over 30 MW is determined by a state committee. | Link |