Climate Change
Community Opposition and Grid Challenges Slow the Pace of Renewable Efforts, National Survey of Developers Shows
“The newest bottleneck has been social acceptance.”
In recent months, residents in Texas rushed a community meeting to challenge a nearby wind proposal. In Indiana, more than 70 people joined a lawsuit to stop a solar project in their town. And in Michigan, the state approved language for a ballot initiative that would repeal a law that gave the state authority to permit or approve large renewable energy projects even if rejected by local governments.