The US president has expressed strong opposition to wind power and has blamed it for cancer and whale deaths. Since taking office, multiple actions have been taken to slow or stop wind expansion, including freezing leasing for new wind projects, issuing stop-work orders for offshore initiatives, and pulling permits for other approved projects. Energy companies have also been paid to halt offshore work in favor of oil and gas drilling. Clean energy advocates argue that rising electricity demand from AI data centers, high fuel prices, and worsening planetary heating make blocking wind harmful for consumers. They warn that continuing to block clean energy projects could raise electric prices further. Despite these efforts, offshore wind capacity is expected to increase substantially by 2027.
"On the first day of his second term, he issued an executive memorandum freezing leasing on new wind projects dubbed "the wind ban" by campaigners. He then went on to issue stop-work orders on all five endorsed offshore initiatives under construction, citing classified national security concerns, and to pull permits from other approved projects. The intervention has not stopped there."
"Yet blocking is exactly what Trump is set on doing. On the first day of his second term, he issued an executive memorandum freezing leasing on new wind projects dubbed "the wind ban" by campaigners. He then went on to issue stop-work orders on all five endorsed offshore initiatives under construction, citing classified national security concerns, and to pull permits from other approved projects."
"At a time when fuel prices are high, electricity demand is rising thanks in part to power-hungry AI data centers, and planetary heating is worsening, clean energy advocates say removing wind from that story will have consequences for consumers. "With the real focus on data centers and the price of electricity and the price of oil and the price of fuel," says Ted Kelly, director of clean energy at the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), "it would be even more ridiculous to continue to block clean energy projects and drive electric prices even higher.""
"Nonetheless, Trump will likely oversee the biggest expansion in wind in the nation's history. By 2027, the country is expected to have nearly 35 times the offshore wind capacity it had when he took office. "It's a tale of two cities," Jeremy Firestone, a professor emeritus at the University of Delaware's School of Marine Science and Policy, told DW."
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