Federal authorities halted construction on the Revolution Wind project, citing a need to review national security concerns without specifying details. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management declined further comment. Stopping work risks local jobs, state climate targets, and could raise electricity prices across the region. The project is roughly 80% complete, with all underwater foundations finished and 45 of 65 turbines installed. Offshore wind development is central to East Coast renewable energy plans because of dense populations and limited land for turbines or solar. The administration has taken actions favoring fossil fuels, reviewing renewables permits, canceling planned federal waters lease areas, and pausing other offshore projects.
A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future as the states' Democratic governors, members of Congress, and union workers are calling Monday for the Trump administration to let construction resume. The administration halted construction on the Revolution Wind project last week, saying the federal government needs to review the project and address national security concerns. It did not specify what those concerns are.
The Democratic politicians are getting involved because stopping work on Revolution Wind threatens local jobs and their states' climate goals, and could drive up electricity prices throughout the region. Officials say the project is 80% complete, with all the underwater foundations and 45 out of 65 turbines already installed. Large, ocean-based wind farms are the linchpin of government plans to shift to renewable energy, particularly in East Coast states with large populations and limited land for wind turbines or solar arrays.
President Donald Trump has made sweeping strides to prioritize fossil fuels and hinder renewable energy projects. Those include reviewing wind and solar energy permits, canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development and stopping work on another offshore wind project under construction for New York, although construction was later allowed to resume. Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee is headed to North Kingstown, where the logistics and operations hub for the project is located.
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