Trump Admin Halts Offshore Wind Projects Over National Security Concerns

The action affects five large offshore wind projects under construction and builds on a broader Trump administration review of federal wind policy.

The action affects five large offshore wind projects under construction and builds on a broader Trump administration review of federal wind policy.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a Dec. 22 social media post that the five paused projects were “expensive, unreliable, heavily subsidized.”

“ONE natural gas pipeline supplies as much energy as these 5 projects COMBINED,” he wrote, noting that President Donald Trump “is bringing common sense back to energy policy & putting security FIRST!”

Source-The Epoch Times