Policy makers often debate the constraints and opportunities of renewable energy.
The 5 GW Rampart Dam was terminated as a result of concerns about indigenous people and ecological conservation issues.
The 150 MW Andasol solar power station is a commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Spain. The Andasol plant uses tanks of molten salt to store solar energy so that it can continue generating electricity even when the sun isn't shining.
Photovoltaic array and wind turbines at the Schneebergerhof wind farm in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz
Biogas fermenter, wind turbine and photovoltaics on a farm in Horstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Not in my back yard, or NIMBY for short, is a common phrase describing the opposition by residents to proposed real estate and infrastructure developments in their local area, as well as support for s
Renewable energy debate
…and other impacts of some wind farms, with local residents sometimes fighting or blocking construction. Some of these concerns have been dismissed as "not in my back yard" (NIMBY) opposition. Certain wind farms have been opposed by residents, local councils and national trusts for their potential harmful impact on protected…
Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the neighborhood
Proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 130 km (80 mi) northwest of Las Vegas, was approved by the government and then opposed by the citizens of Nevada. Federal funding ended in 2011.
A sign in Detroit in 1942, opposing the plan for the nearby Sojourner Truth Project, a public housing project that was predicted to have Black residents; the plan partially led to the 1943 Detroit race riot
Wind generator in Nova Scotia