Principles for Siting Renewable Energy Projects: A Response to Deals in the Heartland
August 2024
Citation:
54
ELR 10667
Issue
8
Deals in the Heartland: Renewable Energy Projects, Local Resistance, and How Law Can Help is really important and timely in that it asks some key questions and makes some key points. One of the important observations in the article, and the authors’ rationale for tackling these siting issues, is that if we continue to do things as we have, there will be more renewable energy projects that fail than need to fail. Part of what that means is tackling the conflicts around renewable siting. Addressing conflict is part of the role that law plays—trying to help navigate how we balance competing interests.