TotalEnergies Milks Trump For $1 Billion Offshore Wind Payout, Gets Last Laugh
The French firm TotalEnergies agrees not to build offshore wind farms in the US — at least, not for the present time…
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...(Seagreen wind farm in Scotland courtesy of TotalEnergies)
The French firm TotalEnergies agrees not to build offshore wind farms in the US — at least, not for the present time…
The gigantic, 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project can resume construction, handing yet another loss to US President Donald Trump (cropped, courtesy of CVOW).
The massive, 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is one of five offshore projects to survive the Trump chopper, adding another 2.6 gigawatts to the nation’s clean power profile.
The gigantic, 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project can resume construction, handing yet another loss to US President Donald Trump (cropped, courtesy of CVOW).
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes, and US President Donald Trump is desperate to avoid losing. But, losing he is. Take his ferocious, no-holds-barred attack on the thousands of workers employed by the US offshore wind industry. While successfully obliterating many wind jobs during the course … [continued]
Offshore wind turbines have been the bête noire of US President Donald Trump ever since 2013, when he brought a case against an offshore project in Scotland. He lost, and the rage has lingered all these years. The president can’t smack back against wind turbines in Scottish waters, but he … [continued]
Say it ain't so! Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is one of five offshore wind projects on the Atlantic coast "paused" by the Trump administration on December 22 (cropped, courtesy of CVOW).
On December 22, President Donald Trump finally ordered a halt to construction activity at the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. What took you so long, Donald? Trump has been threatening the US offshore wind industry with total destruction ever since January, one notable exception being the Virginia project. Somehow, … [continued]
Work on the new Connecticut-Rhode Island Revolution Wind offshore wind project has been stopped by order of the Interior Department (courtesy of Orsted).
Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States. The pauses impact these projects: Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1. In response, Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement: “Blocking … [continued]
Donald Trump has had a problem with wind farms for decades. It seems that it all started with a wind farm that was being proposed offshore near a golf course of his in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He sued the Scottish government in 2006 regarding this. This is the kind of illogical, … [continued]
The new “American Energy Dominance” plan has failed to stop renewable energy developers from seeking new opportunities in the vast wind and solar resources of the US.
Work on the new Connecticut-Rhode Island Revolution Wind offshore wind project has been stopped by order of the Interior Department (courtesy of Orsted).
Offshore wind workers are caught in the middle of a political whirlwind. President Donald J. Trump’s pummeling on the offshore wind industry could undermine millions of dollars that have been invested to construct docks, terminals, and training programs. The uncertain status of the industry has offshore wind workers quite concerned. What … [continued]
On August 29, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that 12 portside projects in support of the US offshore wind industry will lose their federal funding.