Federal officials ordered a halt to construction of the Revolution Wind offshore project off Rhode Island, citing protection of U.S. national security interests. The acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management notified developer rsted that work on the nearly finished project must stop. The project, also developed by Global Infrastructure Partners, began construction in 2023 and was slated to deliver power to Rhode Island and Connecticut next year. The move follows a broader pattern of federal actions affecting renewables, including a moratorium on new offshore wind development, new IRS guidance and a Commerce Department investigation. Developers warn the pause could ripple across jobs, contracts and communities benefiting from the project.
The Trump administration has ordered companies to stop construction of a wind farm that's being built off the coast of Rhode Island. The acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Matthew Giacona, wrote in a letter to one of the developers, a Danish firm called rsted, that the government was halting work on the almost-finished project in order to "address concerns related to the protection of national security interests of the United States."
The order to stop work on the Revolution Wind project is the latest move by the Trump administration targeting the country's renewable energy industry. President Trump, a longtime critic of the wind industry, in January issued a moratorium on new development of offshore wind projects. The Internal Revenue Service recently put out new guidance that makes it harder for companies building wind and solar projects to qualify for federal tax incentives.
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