{"id":357125,"date":"2024-12-21T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=357125"},"modified":"2024-12-21T18:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T17:50:18","slug":"totalenergies-halts-offshore-ny-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=357125","title":{"rendered":"TotalEnergies Halts Offshore NY Wind\u00a0Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"527\" data-attachment-id=\"357134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=357134\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?fit=1200%2C874&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,874\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?fit=723%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-357134\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?resize=723%2C527&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?resize=1024%2C746&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?resize=768%2C559&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cancelled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2024\/12\/20\/totalenergies-halts-offshore-ny-wind-farm\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t Hugh Sharman<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"357127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=357127\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?fit=576%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?fit=576%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?resize=576%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-405.png?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alpha_Ventus_Windmills.JPG\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alpha_Ventus_Windmills.JPG<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offshore report that TotalEnergies have paused development of the 3 GW Attentive Energy wind farm it planned to build off the coast of New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This follows the election of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks like being the first of many, as Biden\u2019s Green New Deal unravels, with its promise of massive subsidies for renewables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full story&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-mag.com\/renewable-energy\/news\/55246370\/totalenergies-totalenergies-halts-planned-new-york-offshore-wind-farm-cites-trump-win-as-reason?o_eid=2438G1845512E3G&amp;oly_enc_id=2438G1845512E3G&amp;rdx.ident[pull]=omeda|2438G1845512E3G&amp;utm_campaign=CPS241202202&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=OFF+Renewable+Energy\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offshore report that TotalEnergies have paused development of the 3 GW Attentive Energy wind farm it planned to build off the coast of New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":357134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691832214,691818867,691818131,691826923],"class_list":["post-357125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bidens-green-new-deal","tag-new-york","tag-offshore-wind-farm","tag-totalenergies","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Middelgrunden_wind_farm_2009-07-01_edit_filtered.jpg?fit=1200%2C874&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1uU5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":437064,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=437064","url_meta":{"origin":357125,"position":0},"title":"Trump\u2019s 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