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The importance of renewable energy has grown enormously in recent years, with the EU's target for renewables to achieve a share of 42.5% of gross energy consumption by 2030. This is related not only to stimulating technological developments in the field and increasing investments, but also to legislative changes to accelerate the modernization of networks, remove regulatory barriers and regulate the activities of prosumers and encourage consumers and producers to increase consumption. In this study, we aim not only to define the essence of renewable energy sources, but also to prepare a critical analysis of the scientific literature concerning the negative impact of renewable sources on the environment. In this regard, by applying a bibliometric analysis of the existing literature in Scopus, we highlight the leading specialists in the field and their citation, which is an expression of the significance of the published scientific ideas. Through keywords co-occurrence analysis, we reveal the leading topics around which the research of specialists is focused. As a result, we reveal and summarize the main negative effects of renewables. In conclusion, and based on the analysis, we confirm our hypothesis that the environmental risks of renewable energy sources are insufficiently analyzed and contradict the assumptions of the concept of sustainable development.