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Sardinia is experiencing intense grassroots resistance to wind and solar farm development, rooted in centuries of exploitation by outside powers. A 2024 petition gathered over 210,000 signatures, leading to an 18-month moratorium on renewable construction. The opposition stems from historical trauma — Roman conquest, Italian colonization, and 1970s industrial abandonment — that makes Sardinians deeply suspicious of outside developers profiting from their land. Despite Italy's EU-mandated 6.2 GW renewable target for the island, locals see energy projects as 'energy colonialism.' More promising paths forward include building on abandoned industrial sites, community-owned energy projects, and the new Tyrrhenian Link HVDC submarine cable. The core lesson: top-down renewable energy mandates that ignore local history and culture face fierce, often successful resistance.