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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| 4/27/2017 | US | NY | Wind Advisory Board | Hopkinton | wind | he Hopkinton Wind Advisory Board approved a wind overlay zone nearly identical to one proposed in 2011 during a public hearing Wednesday night. The wind overlay zone will not expand to south of State Route 72, or spill over into the Adirondack Park boundary, like Avangrid Renewables, the company proposing the North Ridge Wind Farm, had requested. | Link |
| 4/20/2017 | US | TN | Bill passed TN House by 85-3 margin | State house | wind | U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, a longtime critic of wind-powered electricity generation, is praising a state House vote to place a partial moratorium on such developments in Tennessee while a special committee of state lawmakers drafts rules for regulating them. | Link |
| 4/10/2017 | US | OK | House and Senate | State legislature | wind | House Bill 2298, the one targeting the zero-emission tax credit for wind farms was passed on a 40-3 vote in the Senate and sent to the governor. It moves up the qualification date to July 1, 2017, something opponents said would send a bad message to out-of-state businesses. | Link |
| 4/4/2017 | US | MI | Board of trustees | Elington township | wind | On April 4, the Ellington Board of Trustees enacted a 4-month moratorium on wind projects. | Link |
| 3/30/2017 | US | SD | County commission | Walworth Cty | wind | County commissioners approved first reading of the ordinance changes. The ordinance change would require 2-mile setbacks for wind turbines, which officials say would prevent Tradewind Energy from building a 200-megawatt wind farm in northeast Walworth County | Link |
| 3/29/2017 | US | SD | County commission | Deuel County | wind | Commissioners approved a property value guarantee, a 1,500 foot setback for participating landowners and six times the distance of the tower length or 3,000 feet setbacks from non-participating landowners. | Link |
| 3/20/2017 | US | NY | Town council | Hopkinton | wind | The Town of Hopkinton passed a moratorium on proposed wind turbines at a town board meeting March 20 | Link |
| 3/20/2017 | US | MN | State legislators | House of Representaties | wind | HF2170 would require a 10H setback between wind turbines and residences. | Link |
| 3/2/2017 | US | CA | Santa Nella County Water District | water district | wind | A proposal from a Netherlands-based company to construct an energy-producing wind turbine on property owned by the Santa Nella County Water District generated little enthusiasm from the district’s governing board. Directors recently decided against moving forward in contract negotiations with EWT, the firm interested in building a tower on wastewater treatment plant property | Link |
| 3/1/2017 | US | NE | Nebraska Legilsature | wind | Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon told a legislative committee on Wednesday that disputes about wind energy development in the Sandhills are "tearing communities apart," dividing neighbors and families and even spawning death threats. Brewer wants a two-year moratorium on new wind projects in the Sandhills. The bill is LB504. | Link |