Offshore wind developer prevails in court
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President Trump is trying to shut down offshore wind projects. But several East Coast states are fighting back, seeking a source of power that can get them through cold winters and growing electric demand.
Two wind farms off the west and north Wales coastline have secured UK government funding to supply the national grid, with up to 7,000 jobs expected to be created. The Erebus wind farm, set to be built off the coast of Pembrokeshire, would become Wales' first floating offshore wind farm, following two projects already operating in Scotland.
Orsted’s C.E.O. says it plans to move quickly to complete a $6.2 billion wind farm off Rhode Island after a judge struck down President Trump’s bid to halt it.
Antrim Wind, a nine-turbine wind farm in Antrim, has been providing renewable energy to the region for six years and has provided a financial benefit to the town, while also addressing environmental concerns with wildlife protection measures and noise mitigation.
China has more wind power than any country in the world and is currently adding twice as much as the rest of the world combined.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday allowed construction to resume on a major offshore wind farm serving Connecticut and Rhode Island that the Trump administration ordered shut down in December on unspecified national security grounds.
The decision follows two Trump administration attempts to halt the wind farm’s construction off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut.