{"id":374905,"date":"2025-04-12T18:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374905"},"modified":"2025-04-12T18:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T16:47:18","slug":"will-trump-stand-by-as-mega-offshore-wind-projects-resume-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374905","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump stand by as mega-offshore wind projects resume construction?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"374910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=374910\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0Web-Article-single-image-standard-2024-07-01T091507.469.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/04\/11\/will-trump-stand-by-as-mega-offshore-wind-projects-resume-construction\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/collisterjohnson\/\">Collister Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"374907\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=374907\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?fit=2508%2C1672&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2508,1672\" 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=\"0British-Offshore-WInd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0British-Offshore-WInd.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a>&nbsp;has left no doubt about his position on the alleged purpose and need for offshore wind factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calling them \u201cenvironmental and economic disasters,\u201d he has frequently declared that he \u201cdoes not want even one wind turbine built\u201d during his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Propped up by massive taxpayer-funded subsidies, offshore windmills are energy-depleting, high-maintenance, grid-destabilizing, and bird-, bat- and whale-killing machines. Their sole purpose is to artificially inflate the cost of the asset base on which their public utility sponsors will earn a guaranteed rate of return, thus providing minimal amounts of incremental power to the grid for an exorbitant cost to the consumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet just down the coast from the White House in Virginia,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion Energy<\/a>&nbsp;is preparing to resume construction of one of the largest offshore wind projects in the world: a 176-turbine behemoth covering more than 100,000 acres. It is far from complete. Only half the monopolies and none of the 14-megawatt turbines, the industry\u2019s largest, have been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion<\/a>&nbsp;officials are clear about their intent to proceed with construction. Notwithstanding an executive order from Mr.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a>&nbsp;on Day 1 of his administration, which called for a complete reexamination of the purpose and need for offshore wind,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion<\/a>&nbsp;officials have declared that \u201cthey are confident the project will be completed on time\u201d and they intend to resume construction May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has all the legal tools necessary to order a temporary halt to this construction as it studies the (in)sufficiency of offshore wind as an affordable and reliable electricity provider. The presidential order explicitly mandates that federal agencies conduct such an analysis to determine whether existing wind leases should be \u201camended or terminated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion<\/a>&nbsp;has the legal right to the leasehold itself, the timing and conditions of any construction within the lease area lie entirely within the discretion and control of the federal government. The lease agreement states that the construction schedule is subject to a government-approved construction and an eleventh-hour operations plan. This plan gives the Interior Department the right to alter the construction schedule at any time. The lease agreement specifically provides that \u201cthe Lessee [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion<\/a>] bears the risk that amendments to the [construction and operations plan] may increase or decrease the Lessee\u2019s obligations under the lease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Interior Department used this power to halt construction of the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Martha\u2019s Vineyard after one of its turbines sustained a catastrophic blade failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has the clear authority to halt ongoing construction while determining whether the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/dominion-energy\/\">Dominion<\/a>&nbsp;lease and all other offshore wind leases truly serve the national interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dozens of community groups and individuals who have filed suit to halt offshore wind are relying on the Interior Department to implement the presidential order, which specifically calls into question the viability of offshore wind projects and their potential to stymie Mr. Trump\u2019s stated goal of national \u201cenergy dominance.\u201d This means construction should be halted on the four leases in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and Virginia, where construction is scheduled to begin May 1. The five additional leases that the Biden administration rushed through eleventh-hour permit approvals last year should also have their construction suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be ironic, even tragic, if an administration that so thoroughly understands that offshore wind is a \u201cdisaster\u201d would allow the largest offshore wind project in the world to be constructed in its backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article originally appeared at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/apr\/10\/trump-stand-mega-offshore-wind-projects-resume-construction\/\">The Washington Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Trump\u00a0has left no doubt about his position on the alleged purpose and need for offshore wind factories.<br \/>\nCalling them \u201cenvironmental and economic disasters,\u201d he has frequently declared that he \u201cdoes not want even one wind turbine built\u201d during his 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