Trump halts work on New England offshore wind project that’s nearly complete
The White House, the White House, continued to attack the open sea wind industry, which scientists say it was very important to struggle against climate change, and stopped construction in an almost complete open sea wind project near Rhode Island.
Danish Wind Farm developer Orted, about 80% of the Revolution Wind Project was completed and 45 of the 65 turbines were established.
Although this progress and the project cleared the federal and state investigations for years – the Ocean Energy Management Office organized on Friday and said that the federal government should review the project and “US should discuss concerns about the protection of national security interests”.
He did not specify what national security concerns were.
President Donald Trump, Give priority to fossil fuels and block renewable energy projects. Trump recently wind and solar energy “fraud of the century!” He said. In a social media post and not to confirm the wind or “not to destroy solar energy” projects. “Days of stupidity in the US is over !!!” He wrote this week on his real social site.
Scientists around the world Nations should quickly embrace renewable energy to eliminate the worst effects of climate change.to contain excessive heat And drought; Larger, more intense fires and super -charge hurricanesTymuns and Rain Storms disaster.
McKkee from the Government of Rhode Island criticized the order to stop and he and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s Send it to x. Both governors are democrats.
Revolution Wind Construction began in 2023 and the project was expected to be completely operational next year. Orted says that stopping the construction evaluates the financial impact and considering legal procedures.
Revolution Rüzgar is located 24 kilometers south of the Rhode Island coast, 32 miles (51 kilometers) on the Connecticut coast, and 19 kilometers southwest of Martha’s Vineyard. Rhode Island is already home to an open sea wind farm, five turbine block Island wind farm.
Rhode Island and Connecticut’s wind of Revolution were expected to be the first commercial -scale open marine wind farm that could power more than 350,000 houses. Intensive population states have a minimum area for land -based energy projects, so the open sea wind project is considered to be very important for states to achieve climatic goals.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said, “This arbitrary decision is challenging all the logic and the reason – Revolution Wind’s project was already continuing, and hundreds of qualified tradesmen and women were employed. This is a major decline for a critical project in Connecticut and I will fight it.”
Wind power is the largest renewable energy source in the USA and 10% of the electricity produced in the country.
“Today is not enough to meet the rising energy needs of the United States. This is not enough to meet the rising energy needs of the United States. We need all kinds of energy than all kinds of energy, including new and developing technologies,” he said.
Open sea wind industry opposing the snow -free green oceans, Boem applauded the decision. “We are grateful for taking a meaningful action to protect the fragile ocean environment on the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts of the Trump administration and the federal government of the Trump administration and the federal government.”
This is the second largest open sea wind project where the White House stops. BUSINESS STOPPED Imperial windNew York Offshore Wind Project, but New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and both Democratic Gov. After Kathy Hochul intervened, the construction was allowed to continue.
Natural Resources Defense Council Power Department General Manager Kit Kennedy, “This administration is exactly backwards. Fall, the fastest growing energy sources of the future – the fastest growing energy resources, which are solar and wind energy, are trying to pollute coal plants,” he said. “Unfortunately, every American pays for the price of these misled decisions.”
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Reporter Jennifer McDermott Providence contributed from Washington from Rhode Island and Matthew Daly.
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